condolences are pouring in from around the world as people tribute the life and legacy of senator edward moore kennedy. how president obama is remembers the man called the lion of the senate. a new tropical storm is brewing. what forecasters are saying about danny and where this storm could be heading. everybody knows parents are a major influence on their children. when it comes to drugs and alcohol the impact could be dramatic. flags are flying half staff above the u.s. capitol, and in massachusetts in honor of senator edward kennedy who died after a 15-month battle with brain cancer. he was first elected to the senate? 1962. a year before his older brother,

president john f. kennedy was assassinated. his older brother senator robert kennedy was gunned down in june of that year after winning the california primary. kenne kennedy's career also included a scandal with a car accident that killed a young woman. in 1980 he made an unsuccessful run for president. he played a major role in the passage of landmark legislation including the civil rights act of 1964. the voting rights act of 1965. the 1990 americans with disables act and the 1993 medical leave act. in a statement the kennedy family said we've lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light of our lives. but his optimism and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever. senator kennedy was an early supporter for barack obama. this morning the president took

a break from his vacation on mart martha's vineyard to pay tribute to the late senator. >> the outpouring of love, gratitude, and fond memories to which we've all been witness is testament to the way this singular figure in american history touch sod many lives. his ideals are stamped on scores of laws reflected in millions of lives. seniors that know dignity. families that know new opportunity. in children who know education's promise, and in all who can pursue their dream in an america that is more equal and more just. including myself. the kennedy name is synonymous with the democratic party. at times ted was the target of partisan campaign attacks. in the united states senate i can think of no one who engendered greater respect from

both sides of the aisle. >> the third longest serving senator in u.s. history. he will be buried at arlington national cemetery in section 45, just steps for the grave sites of his brothers. we're going to be remembering ted kennedy all day. we have more reaction from world leaders, senate colleagues. we also have a commission to bring you the other news of the day. we're going to begin that right now. here's some of the other news. in florida, an appeals court is considering the state's ban on gays and lesbians adopting children. the state is appealing a miami-dade judge's 2000 ruling that the ban is unconstitutional. martin and his partner have adopted two brothers they began taking care of as foster parents in 2004. although state law prevented homosexual people from adopting. the judges say lawmakers should

decide whether gay people can adopt. gives us your view. should gays be prohibited from adopting children? should the florida been be overturned? give us a call on that. e-mail at cnn.com/hln. you can also text your views plus your comment and name to hln tv. there's the numerical equivalent. we'll air your responses throughout the day. five years probation and six months community labor for chris brown. that's what a judge gave him for assaulting his pop star girlfriend rihanna back in february. he also has to complete a year of domestic violence counseling and stay 50 yards away from rihanna. there are two other incidents two between the singers cited. three months before that rihanna slapped brown during an argument and he shoved her into a wall. in another brown incident he allegedly broke car windows after an argument. teens are more likely to get

drunk, smoke and do drugs if their see their parents do it. teens who see their parents drunk are twice as likely to get drunk in a typical month. three times likelier to use marijuana and smoke cigarettes. 1/3 of teen drinkers drink with the intention to get drunk. more than 1/3 of teens say they can get prescription drugs to get high in a day. it's easier to get prescription drugs than to buy a beer. the teenage victim of a hit and run says drivers just ignored him. he was riding his bike, somebody hit him at an intersection early saturday in an intersection. he broke his leg and couldn't walk. other cars just kept driving by. >> i had to crawl from the lines all the way over. i'm dragging the bike, and a whole bunch of cars are driving by. nobody stopped. >> well, a couple finally stopped and called for help. the teen had hoped to play football this fall but will be

rehabbing. a 10-year-old girl went to the principal's office because of the words on her t-shirt. the school district's dress code bans any clothing that could be destrac destractsing or offensive. the girl's father is a pastor. local media report the same anti-islam message has appeared on signs at his church. >> we, as parents, and for our children, we need to raise them up that they're willing to stand up for what they believe. come whether the people and the society like it or they don't. >> if i can come back to school, then i will. if i can't wear this shirt, i won't wear the shirt. but i will still talk to people about islamic slavery and islams of the devil. >> school should be a place where kids learn to respect each other, said the superintendent. a new tropical storm in the open atlantic. here's the latest satellite

loop. danny has top winds at 45 miles an hour. it's still 445 miles east of the bahamas. it could get stronger over the next two days. and they expect it to clip the u.s. east coast this weekend. here's the projection. danny east path of course could change a lot between now and then. 1,000 california firefighters are battling a wildfire in the angeles national forest northeast of l.a. low humidity and 100-degree temperatures they're in for a tough day. the fire burned 750 acres. picnickers, campers and 18 boyscouts were evacuated from the area. a voluntary evacuation is in effect for a small community in the san gabriel river. this fire is less than 10% contained at this point. beer prices going up.

this is lieutenant governor andre bower of south carolina. asking for the resignation of mark sanford. >> to produce new economic opportunities for the people of south carolina. most notably i've worked tirelessly restructuring the office to provide the needed services to the senior population as effectively and as efficiently as possible. and throughout governor sanford's recent controversy i remained supportive in order to provide stability to our government. now, however, things have changed. regrettably we've reached a point where we must all put the interest of the people of south carolina first. it is in my opinion that the

best interest of the people of south carolina can no longer be served by the current administration. the serious misconduct that's already been revealed along with lingering questions and continuing distractions make it virtually impossible for our state to solve the critical problems we're facing without a change in leadership. that is why i call upon governor sanford in the interest of our state to resign. the spare the taxers the expense and distractions of the multiple legal processes which are now being considered. that is why i myself will lead by putting the best interest of the people of south carolina ahead of my own personal and political interest if the governor does not resign now, then the legislature must act quickly to resolve this matter. this year, so that the 2010 session of the general assembly is not dominated by impeachment

proceedings taking away from far more important issues like bringing jobs to the state, balancing our budget, and improving education. i would further call upon each and every member of the south carolina general assembly to rise above partisan politics in making these very important decisions. push lick support from "the new york times" to a number of local news organizations made it clear that some have allowed the impact of the 2010 gubernatorial election to cloud their decision making on this matter. >> that is the lieutenant governor of south carolina who called for mark sanford to step down and spare the state the agony of an impeachment proceeding. h says if that occurs he will

renew his offer first made in june to his fellow republican that he, the lieutenant governor, will not seek the governor's chair next year during the election. another call for the resignation of mark sanford by the next in charge, and the man who would be the governor if in fact that comes to pass. new home sales rose 10% in july. the congress department says the increase exceeded the forecast and was the strongest home sales since last september. durable goods saw a significant spike. orders went up nearly 5%. the biggest jump in two years. if you like beer, you're not going to like this story. prices are going up this fall. anheuser-busch and miller/coors are both raising prices. pay about 50 cents more for a

six pack. it's a sign the companies are too big because together they run 80% of the beer market. the companies blame higher costs of the ingredients. a 59-year-old woman nicknamed the stun gun granny is now in custody in florida. what she allegedly told people before she tasered them and then robbed their businesses.

we've received an incredible amount of notes and letters from friends and colleagues in the senate. and as well as from people here in massachusetts. it's all been very touching. >> a wonderful outpouring of support. >> wonderful. >> senator ted kennedy a little over a year ago talking about the support pouring in after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. that was may of last year. he died overnight as his home in

massachusetts. many of our viewers have written in with their comments. sarah writes at 6 years old i watched president jack kennedy as he was fatally shot in dallas november 22, 1963. five years later i watched bobby kennedy killed at the ambassador hotel. june 5th, 1968. john junior kennedy died july 16, 1999. edward kennedy died today. the causes they supported always seemed to be on people less fortunate than themselves, for which i am grateful. i truly believe their politics and causes have shaped my own politics and life to a great extend. the reverends writes from italy to say it's sad to lose someone, and i feel for the kennedy family for their loss, but i can't help to think of poor mary

and she was left to die under the cold water. to me, the kennedy's don't represent a so-called royal family of america. i feel for the family, but my heart still goes out to the young woman, mary jo, who was left to die. we have to bring you other headlines. this story. police in california think this 17-year-old planned the monday attack for months. they think he was targeting faculty, who believed he had wronged them. a teacher described how he stopped the teen. >> he's running towards people instead of towards safety. that made me worried about what the kid was doing. i closed the distance and put him in a bear hug, and then i

decided to flip him and put him on the ground. i thought to myself if i'm wrong i'll apool jazz to his parents later. if i'm right then i'm going to hold this kid down. more than 1700 students and staff were evacuated monday. police have arrest ad woman accused of using a stun gun to rob businesses. the woman, whose name is rose e tyrka used it on a restaurant worker. >> she put the stun gun to my arm and says i don't want to do this. this is so much electricity i feel bad doing this, but i have three starving grandchildren, and i ripped my arm away from her and ran in the back. >> another worker said they chased her away with a butter knife. papa john the pizza man is now reyipted with a car that made him a success. he sold his camaro z.

he's spent years searching for the car. a man in kentucky had it and turned u it over yesterday for $250,000. now papa johns is offering all camaro owners a free pizza today. millions of people suffer from depression. for some the warning signs are stress and anxiety. senior medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta has the story of woman who learned ed ted to ma reduce her stress. >> reporter: overwhelming stress led to a crisis. >> i moved to a new city. then i took a new job then i found myself traveling a lot for work and being alone, isolated. >> reporter: and depressed. >> it felt like there was a black cloud following me around. >> the psychologist said the adversities and pressures of modern life are causing more and more people to suffer from

depression. he's concerned it's starting to reach epidemic proportions. >> it boils down to stress. all the things that make us miserable in life. >> reporter: she sought the help of a counselor who encouraged her to reengage socially and start exercising again. she began to love painting again and volunteering. >> finally i remember standing and i thought, i didn't realize how bad i felt until afelt better. >> reporter: she's determined now stress will not get the best of her again. i'm dr. sanjay gupta with today's health minute. a legal ruling allowed a foster father to give two boys a permanent home. lawyers are trying to get it reversed. an appeals court reconsiders the ban on gay people adopting kids. we're going to hear your views.

senator edward kennedy lost his yearlong battle with brain cancer overnight. the lion of the senate began a political career when he was elected to fill the seat vacated when his brother john became the president of the united states. deborah feyerick is at the kennedy compound. what is the senator family's saying today about the passing? >> reporter: obviously there's a great sense of sadness. i want to show you a couple of things going on. that's the senator's dog. this champagne colored van, that's the hearse. that's the senator's dog. this van has been going in and out all day. we're not quite sure what it is, why they're going in, but we do

know that it is a hearse. there's a little word at the bottom that says hearse that's been blacked out by some tape. the senator's son patrick k kennedy came back. he's a congressman in rhode island. he was here all night. cars going in and out bringing extended families, some relatives, his daughter who was there all day yesterday. she, too, is back at the home. the reverend, who was also there, who stayed with the family. who watched as they prayed. who watched as they spent the final moments with the senator. he spoke earlier today. >> i was there last night when he died. the whole family and praying. they were praying all day. it was a wonderful experience for me. i don't see it that often, you know. i'm very impressed. >> how would you describe it? it must have been very sad to be

ther there. >> well, the truth is he expressed to his family that he did want to go to heaven. he did want to die. he did want to go. he was ready to go. there was a certain amount of peace. a lot of peace actually. the family get together last night. >> the family did issue a statement shortly after he passed. that was about 1:20. came across all the wires. "we've lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light of our lives." one thing that was interesting. you heard the reverend talk about how he seemed to be at peace. that he wanted to go to heaven. one thing his son patrick is quoted as saying is this final

year, knowing he was sick was almost like a victory lap for ted kennedy. he was knighted. he received the presidential medal of freedom for all his work. and he got a chance to enjoy his family. to come to terms, to make peace. he has not been on capitol hill since april. he's been here at the home where he has spend time on the porch talking with his children, relatives and friends. there was a sense things had come full circle. >> he sort of greeted the inevitable with a certain grace. deborah feyerick outside the kennedy compound. he'll be laid to rest at the arlington national cemetery just next to his brothers. biden said kennedy was a larger than life figure who remained idealistic until the very end of his life.

>> he was never small. and in the process -- to try to make recommendations to adhere to the senate. i know there are various views on the issue. we'll try to work out an orderly process. >> one of the most partisan liberal men in the last centur . serving in the senate. and so many of his -- so many of his fauxs embracing. >> vice president joe biden there. kennedy was the third longest serving senator in u.s. history. we'll be remembering highlights of his life and legacy all day. this is hln. a new tropical storm is

brewing in the atlantic. danny had winds at 45 miles per hour. it's 445 miles east of the bahamas. forecasters say it could get stronger over the next two days. they do expect the storm to clip the u.s. east coast this weekend. by clip we mean maybe the outer banks of the carolinas. danny's path could change a lot between now and then. 1,000 california firefighters are battling a wildfire in the angeles national forest. with low humidity and 100-degree temperatures, they're in for a tough day. the fire has burned 750 acres. picnickers, campers and about 18 boy scouts were evacuated from the area. a voluntary evacuation is in effect for a small town near the san gabriel river. andre bower is calling for the resignation of mark sanford. he's been under scrutiny since admitting a yearlong affair in june with a woman in argentina. there are also lingering

questions about whether his use of the state plane for personal travel was reimbursed. in a news conference the lieutenant governor says he can no longer support governor sanford. >> now, however, things have changed. regrettably we've reached a point where we must all put the interests of the people of south carolina first. it is in my opinion that the best interest of the people of south carolina can no longer be served by the current administration. the serious misconduct that's already been revealed along with lingering questions and continuing distractions. make it virtually impossible for our state to solve the critical problems we're facing without a change in leadership. that is why i must call upon governor sanford in the interest of our state to resign. to spare the taxpayers the expense and distraction of the multiple legal processes which are now being considered.

>> governor sanford says he has no plans to resign. singer chris brown has been formally sentenced for assaulting rihanna. chris brown will serve five years probation and do 1,400 hours of labor-oriented service. he was also ordered to stay 50 yards away from rihanna, unless they're attending music events. he also has to attend domestic violence counseling. the couple was involved in two other incidents before the assault in february. the teenage victim of a hit and run says drivers just ignored him. he was riding his bike. somebody hit him at an intersection on sunday. he broke his leg. he couldn't walk. cars kept driving by. >> i had to crawl from the lines all the way over. and i'm dragging the bike. and a whole bunch of cars are driving by. and nobody stopped. >> a couple finally stopped and did call for help. the teen had hoped the to play football this fall. he's going to spend the next couple months recuperating.

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flags flying half staff at opposite ends of pennsylvania avenue. the capitol on the right. the white house on the left. lowered to half staff in honor of edward kennedy. ted kennedy passed away overnight. president obama ordered the flags of all federal buildings to be flown half staff. one issue near and dear to the senator's heart was health care. he fought for it until the end. almost a year into his cancer diagnosis he was making calls from bed lobbying for support. not surprising given he

published a book in 1972 called in critical condition, the crisis in america's health care. gloria borger talked to cnn about the impact he may have had on today's debate. >> if he had been in the senate i think the tone might have been different on health care. by the way, he might have gone to president obama. we don't know that he hasn't already done that and said, look, this is where you need to caught your deal. this is what you need to do. you know, he understood the power of persuasion. >> ted kennedy has passed away without seeing his dream come true. another town hall meeting on health care turned into chaos last night. opponents of the president's reform plan spent hours shouting down virginia congressman jim moran and hao wards dean. >> we're dealing with a baby killer. >> kerry, i believe. critics promised to disrupt the

event. the democratic national committee provided signs for supporters. moran spent most of his time dealing with rumors about the plan. >> number 7, the passage of health care reform would mandate abortion coverage and all publicly offered options thus making tax dollars available to fund abortion. that's the myth. the fact -- the fact is that abortion is not mandated in any of the legislation that has been passed by the congress. >> at a town hall meeting yesterday arizona senator john mccain blasted the idea of a public option insurance plan. the federally funded health plan supported by president obama and other high level democrats.pp the senator would not allow the crowd of mainly senior citizens to question mr. obama's character. >> i am convinced the president is absolutely sincere in his beliefs. wait a minute.

he's sincere in his beliefs. we just happen to disagree, and he is the president of the united states, and let's be respectful. >> senator mccain says health care needs to be reformed, but he diseagrees with the president's approach to it. the state is appealing the miami-dade judge's 2008 ruling that had declared the ban unconstitutional. that challenge was brought by martin gill. he and his partner have adopted two brothers they began taking care of as foster parents in 2004. although state law prohibited homosexual people from adopting. it did allow them to be foster parents. they say lawmakers should decide if gay people can adopt. should gays be prohibits from adopting children? should the florida ban be overturned? give us a call toll-free. e-mail at cnn.com/hln.

you can also just views and your comment and name to hln tv or 45688. we're going to air your responses all day today. standard text rates, of course, apply. a 59-year-old woman nicknamed the stun gun granny is now in custody in florida. hear what she told people before she tasered them and then robbed their businesses.

welcome back. i-reporters have been dispatching their thoughts on the life and passing of senator ted kennedy. hear are just a few. >> even though he was the symbol of american liberalism and politics and was a punching back for right for decades. people actually respected him because he stood for something. whatever he stood for, he actually did his best to follow through with it. teddy's life reminds me of what american politics used to be. where there were differences in ideology, but still a spirit of cooperation.

>> ted kennedy represented a lot of americans across the united states, not just those in massachusetts. he knew what people wanted and what people needed. he knew they needed better wages. he knew they needed better education. he knew that everyone should have a right, not a privilege, when it comes to health care reform. may he rest in peace and be remembered as a great man. and as a man on his own and not just jfk's little brother. >> our thanks to her and jimmy. to share your views and thoughts and comments on senator kennedy go to ireport dom come. click on upload now link. canadian police are questioning the younger sister of a reality star contestant suspected of murdering his ex-wife in california and then killing himself later two days later in in a hotel room.

police believe jenkins killed and dismembered jasmine fiore, stuffed her body in a suitcase and stuffed it in a trash bin. a close friend spoke to nancy grace last night. >> what do you make of her falling for him and then marrying him and keeping it a secret from you? you were one of her closest friends. >> that's right. i was one of her jasmine's closest confidants. so when i heard the story that she married him for the green card and there was a financial arrangement, then it seemed to make a little sense to me. since i didn't hear it firsthand -- >> i wonder if she didn't tell you because she thought you would disapprove, because you are very much a mother figure to her. >> preliminary autopsy results show jenkins' death a suicide. jenkins parents say their son

could not have killed jasmine fiore. police have arrest ad woman accused of using a stun gun to rob businesses. the suspect, roast tyrka is on jail in charges of robbery and attempted robbery. she used the stun gun on a gas station clerk and one employee at a subway described what happened to her. >> she grabbed my hand and put the stun gun to my arm and said i don't want to do this. this is so much electricity. i feel bad doing this, but i have three starving grandchildren. i ripped my arm away from her. and i had ran in the back. >> another worker said they chased her away with a butter knife. the "wall street journal" reports several companies are scrambling to come up with software to block phones from sending and receiving texts while you're driving. it's easy. if the phone has a gps unit in it. the smart phone can tell when you're moving fast. the companies figure parents will be interested in this for their kids and insurance

companies might offer you a discount if you install it. >> papa johns, the pizza man is now reunited with the very car that helped make him a success. he sold his cherished z-28 for $2,300 to stake a business. he spent years searching for that very car. a man in kentucky had it and turned it over for $250,000. now papa john is offering all cumero owners a free pizza today. the post office is offering $450 million for its employees to quit early. the buyout deal is for 30,000 employees who agree to retire or resign this year. letter carriers are not eligible because the mail service is not growing. they would get an extra $15,000 over two years. new home sales rose nearly 10% in july, the fourth straight month that number went up. the commerce department said the increase exceeded economist's

forecast and the strongest pace since september, 2008. durable goods also saw a significant increase. the commerce department said orders went up 5%, the biggest jump in two years, but also said orders excluding transportation goods grew 0.8% below economist expectations. if you like beer, you're not going to like this story. prices going up this fall. budweiser maker and coors are raising prices, they won't say how much. an expert does think it is around 50 cents for a six-pack. some distributor says it is a sign these companies are too big because together they run 80% of the beer market. we're all feeling the pinch of a shaky economy. hln money expert clark howard is here any time to help you. logon to cnn.com/clark and submit your i-report. you could be selected to be profiled on our network and get valuable advice from america's money coach. a little girl's wish came

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around inworld, leaders paying their respects to senator ed kennedy. a judge in florida rules a state law that bans guy people from adopting is unconstitutional, should the appeals court uphold? we'll hear your views. plus, everybody goes major influence on their children, but when it comes to alcohol and drugs, the impact could be dramatic. hln news and views. a lot going on on a wednesday. flags are flying half-staff above the u.s. capital at the white house in hyannis port, massachusetts. kennedy first elected to the senate in 1962, a year before

his older brother jack was assassinated. john f. kennedy was the president. his older brother was gunned down in june, 1968. the scandal surrounding a car accident at chappaquiddick, massachusetts. during his long tenure in washington, kennedy played a major role in landmark legislation, including the civil rights act of 1964. the voting rights act of 1965 and the 1990 americans act and the family and medical leave act. kennedy will be buried at arlington national cemetery. in a statement the kennedy family said we lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives. but his faith, optimism and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever. senator kennedy was an early and vocal supporter when he was battling for the democratic

presidential nomination. he took a break from his vacation at martha's vineyard to pay tribute to the late massachusetts senator. >> over the past several years, i've had the honor to call teddy a colleague, a counselor and a friend. and even though we have known this day was coming for some time now, we await eed it with small amount of dread. since teddy's diagnosis last year we saw him battle his illness. they also let him here from people in every corner of our nation and from around the world just how much he meant to all of us. despite given the opportunity we were denied with when his brothers, john and robert, were taken from us. the blessing of time to say thank you and good-bye. >> senator ted kennedy, the third longest serving senator in u.s. history and talks already begun about a successor who will fill ted kennedy's seat in

massachusetts. the seat could remain in the family. the sons have been mentioned as possible successors and so has his nephew choosing a successor could take several months. under massachusetts law the government cannot fill through appointment, a special election must be held in 145 to 160 days or about five months from now. we'll remember ted kennedy all day and highlights of his long career and more reaction, of course, from senate colleagues and world leaders shortly but because we're hln, we have to bring you other headlines. for example, his lieutenant governor says mark sanford could no longer serve the people and needs to resign. he tried to give his fellow republican the benefit of the doubt, but he believes the state has been paralyzed by sanford's admitted affair with an argentine woman. sanford's impeachment will dominate the next legislative

session. mark sanford's term ends 2011. a florida appeals court at this hour is considering the state's ban on guys and lesbians adopting children. the state is appealing a miami-dade judge's 2008 ruling that the ban is unconstitutional. the challenge was brought by martin gill, he and his partner have adopted two brothers they began taking care of as foster parents in 2004. although state law prohibited homosexual people from adopting, it did allow them to be foster parents. in overturning that law the judge legislated from the bench and says it should be lawmakers who decide whether guy people can adopt. what are your thoughts on that? should guys be prohibited from adopting children? should the florida ban be overturned? give us a call toll free. there's the number 877-tell-hln. e-mail at cnn.com/hln or, thirdly, you can just text views and your comment and name to hlntv. standard text rates afly.

we'll put your comments on shortly and throughout the day. five years probation, six months of community labor for r&b star chris brown. that's what a judge in los angeles gave him yesterday for assaulting his pop star girlfriend rihanna back in february. he also has to complete a year of domestic violence counseling and stay 50 yards away from rihanna. brown's probation report revealed two other incidents between the singers. three months before the february beating, rihanna slapped brown during an argument and he shoved her into a wall. in another incident, brown allegedly broke car windows after an argument. police arrested a woman after using a stun gun to rob businesses. the suspect is rose turka. in jail on charges of of robbery and attempted robbery. one employee at a subway restaurant described what happened to her. >> she grabbed my hand and put the stun gun to my arm and said i don't want to do this, this is

so much electricity, i feel bad doing this, but i have three starving grandchildren and i ripped my harm away from her and i had ran in the back. >> another worker said they chased her away with a butter knife. another town hall meeting on health care turn under to chaos last night. shouting down virginia congressman jim moran, a democrat, and howard dean, the former party chairman. >> first, howard dean is a baby killer. howard dean is a baby killer. abortion is murder and howard dean is a baby killer. >> critics promised to disrupt the event and the democratic national committee provided signs for supporters. moran spent most of the time dealing with rumors about the plan. >> this number seven. the passage of health care reform would mandate abortion coverage in all publicly covered options thus making taxpayer dollars available to fund abortion. that's the myth.

the fact, the fact is that abortion is not mandated in any of the legislation that has been passed by the congress. >> arizona senator john mccain xwrerd blasted the idea of a public option insurance plan at a town hall meeting at sun city. the federally funded health plan is supported by president obama and other high-level democrats but senator mccain would not allow the crowd mainly of senior citizens to question the president's character. >> i am convinced the president is absolutely sincere in his beliefs. but he -- wait a minute, wait a minute. he is sincere in his beliefs. we just happen to disagree and he is the president of the united states and let's be respectful. >> normccain says health care nee to be reformed but he disagrees with the president's approach. happy hour may be a little less happy for beer drinkers. why picking up the tab for your favorite suds is going to cost you more.

>> today, as i mentioned, i felt morally obligated to plead guilty to the charge of leaving the scene of an accident. no words on my part could possibly express the terrible pain and suffering i feel over this tragic incident. >> that was decades ago, senator kennedy talking to the people of massachusetts about one of the darker moments of his career. the accident at chappaquiddick where the passenger in his car drowned. i-reporters have been sending in their reports today. here are a few. >> senator kennedy was a man too personally flawed to become president but so intellectually respected that he single handedly gave the legitimacy

needed by the presidential campaign. without it, a senator obama would have been likely but nothing but a hope. with senator kennedy holding the liberal torch over the last 25 years the compassion and institute manifested in many of our effective social programs would not have been realized. >> teddy the dealmaker, even though he was a symbol of american liberalism and politics and was a punching bag for the hard right for decades, people actually respected him because he stood for something and whatever he stood for, he actually did his best to follow through with it. teddy's life remind me of what american politics used to be. where there were differences in ideology but still there was spirit of cooperation. >> i thought that ted kennedy represented a lot of americans across the united states and not

just those of massachusetts. he knew what people wanted and what people needed. he knew that they needed better wages, he knew that they needed better education and one thing he sure knew is that everyone should have a right, not a privilege, when it comes to health care reform. may he rest in peace and be remembered as a great man. and a man on his own and not just jfk's little brother. >> three recent i-reporters weighing in today, sending in their thoughts and we invite you to do the same. share your thoughts and comments of senator kennedy. real easy, go to ireport.com and click on the upload now link. are you slowly digging out of debt. a recent federal report has good news about consumer debt overall. clark howard has a check up. >> a lot of us are exhausted by the finances in our household. and i've got great news on that front. for five months in a row, the

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live pictures from capitol hill and all federal installations have already been lowered to half-staff in honor of senator ted kennedy who passed away overnight. president obama made the order. all federal buildings will look like this. flags at half staff. senator kennedy lost the battle with brain cancer at the age of 77. friends and family are gathered at the family compound in hyannis port, massachusetts. samantha, what is the latest? >> well, chuck, as you know, he was diagnosed with brain cancer about 15 months ago and suffering for quite some time and he passed away surrounded by his family here at his home in massachusetts. the liberal lion of the senate

loses his battle with brain cancer. he passed away late last night at family compound in hyannis port. president obama got the news at 2:00 a.m. >> got the opportunity denied when his brothers were taken from us. the opportunity to say thank you and good-bye. >> kennedy was a pivotal player in presiden for the white house. serving nearly half a century in the senate, kennedy championed issues like civil rights, minimum wage and health care reform. >> don't you find it remarkable that one of the most partisan liberal men in the last century serving in the senate and so many of his, so many of his foes embrace him. >> reporter: but earlier in his senate career, it was kennedy's

personal life that seemed to overshadow his legislative work. in 1969, he drove off a bridge and a young female aide drowned. kennedy later expressed regret for not immediately notifying police and received a suspended sentence for leaving the scene of an accident. in 1980, kennedy took on the vulnerable president jimmy carter for the democratic nomination for president. he lost and refocused his energies on the senate for the next three decades. kennedy suffered a seizure at his family's cape cod compound in may of 2008 and was diagnosed with a brain tumor. several tribute areas are being set up here in massachusetts and also in washington. senator kennedy will be buried at arlington national cemetery. reporting live, i'm samantha hayes, chuck, back to you. >> indeed, he will, samantha. just steps away from the grave sites of his two brothers. we're going to remember ted kennedy all day, but we're hln

and we have other news to impart, other headlines. teens are more likely to get drunk, smoke and use drug physical they see their parents drunk according to a new study by the center of addiction and substance abuse which found that teens who see their parents drunk are twice as likely to get drunk in a typical month and three times likelier to use marijuana and smoke cigarettes. one-third of teen drinkers usually drink with the intention to get drunk and teens say they can get prescription drugs to get high any day and in a day. the teenage victim of a hit and run said drivers just ignored him. he was riding his bike when somebody hit him at an intersection in new haven, connecticut, sunday. he broke his leg and couldn't walk and other cars kept driving by. >> i had to crawl from the lines all the way over and i'm dragging the bike and a whole bunch of cars were driving by and nobody stopped.

>> well, a couple finally stopped and called for help. the teen had hoped to play football this fall. instead, he will spend a couple months recuperating. 1,000 california firefighters are battling a wildfire now in the angelus forest. low humidity and 100 degree temperatures are making this a tough day. the fires burned 150 acres and about 18 boy scouts have all been evacuated. a voluntary evacuation in effect in a small town near the san gabriel river. at this point the fire is less than 10% contained. new home sales rose nearly 10% in july, the fourth straight monthly climb. the commerce department said the it exceeded economists forecasts and was the strongest home sales pace since september last year. durable goods orders shot up significantly. they went up 5%, the biggest jump in ten years though orders

grew 0.8%, a little bit below economists expectations. if you like beer, you're not going to like this story. prices are going up this fall. budweiser maker anheuser-busch and miller-coors are both raising prices. they won't say how much. some distributers say it's a sign that these companies are too big. together they comprise 80% of the beer market. the companies blame higher costs of their ingredients. problems with the fuel valve are keeping the space shuttle "discovery" on the launch pad. it was a no go this morning. nasa halted the countdown to the scheduled blastoff halfway through the fueling process. second day in a row the scrub was launched and nasa can try again early friday. if this mission doesn't take off sunday, the mission to the international space station will have to wait until october. a legal ruling a lot of foster father to give two boys a permanent home but lawyers for the state of florida are in a courtroom trying to get that

reversed. as an appeals court reconsider the ban on guy people adopting kids, we'll hear your views.

senator edward kennedy lost a battle with brain cancer overnight. the lion of the senate began a long political career in the early '60s. he was elected to fill the seat vacated when his brother, john, became president. deborah feyerick is live outside the kennedy compound in hyannis port, massachusetts, to learn more what his family is saying. >> this is where senator ted kennedy spent his final months in the home that he loved so much and so much a part of who he was and his famous family ultimately became and grew. he loved to sail. a police officer who has been around the family compound over the last couple days said he was in very good spirits and it wasn't really until just a short

time ago that he really began to turn. his whole family was with him at the end. his son, patrick kennedy, who actually left just moments ago pulling out of here in a silver car and hung his head as he made his way past a row of photographers snapping his pictures. he's used to that being a congressman from rhode island. someone earlier was out walking the senator's dog and a hearse has been up and down this road multiple times arriving late last night at about 1:00 in the morning soon after the senator passed. also at the senator's bedside, his wife victoria reggie kennedy and a reverend who spoke about the final hours. >> i don't know when he got a turn for the worse. i think probably late last evening and maybe around, between 9:00 and 10:00 he tuooka

turn and a serious turn. and i was there when he died at about 11:30 and the doctor was there all the time, of course. and all the family were there. >> and, you know, the reverend said that he really just saw the family coming together praying by the senator's bedside for hours, for hours just sort of getting him to a peaceful place and that, in fact, when it was time, the senator said he was ready to go to heaven, that he was at peace. now, his son patrick kennedy was quoted earlier in a newspaper and one thing about this community here in hyannis port, it is a really interesting community. these are homes that people had in their community for generations and everyone seems to have a story to tell about the kennedys whether they knew the kennedys somehow or their relatives knew the kennedys, their grandparents, aunts, uncles, but a very, very deep

connection. >> having grown up on cape cod with all the kennedys, my heart is very saddened. he was a champion from massachusetts for the country and for the world. and it's part of this community, it's a very, very tragic loss for all of us. >> and, you know what's so interesting is people who met him once even say he's so personable and so welcoming and so warm and really made you feel like if you were here at cape cod here at hyaannis you definitely belonged and you were part of the group. his son, very eloquent saying, in fact, you know, this last year was really a gift. that the whole family had a chance to come together to honor their dad and to spend those last months together as a family becoming stronger and more united in this ending. >> and he spent a lot of that

time, the family did at sea. he loved sailing. >> absolutely. that's what's so remarkable. i was up here a year ago when the senator was first diagnosed with brain cancer and shortly after leaving the hospital he was back on the water. the images were just really so surprising that having suffered this, you know, there he was out on the water in his 50-foot schooner, mya and he certainly has suffered a lot and he certainly wasn't going to let this get him down. >> deborah feyerick in hyannis port, thank you. an early support of senator obama when he was battling for the presidential nomination. the president took a break from his vacation on martha's vineyard to pay tribute. >> the democratic name is synonymous with the democratic party. at times ted was the target of bipartisan campaign attacks. but in the united states senate, i could think of no one who engendered a greater respect or

affection for members of both sides of the aisle. the seriousness and purpose was perpetually matched by humility, warmth and good cheer. he could compassionately battle others and do so peerlessly on the senate floor for the causes that he held dear and, yet, still maintain warm friendships across party lines. >> senator ted kennedy, third longest serving american senator in u.s. history. remembered all day long on his network, but we have more reaction coming up from colleagues and world leaders in a few minutes. here are some of the other headlines today. his lieutenant governor says governor mark sanford in south carolina can no longer serve the people and he has to reserve. andre bauer said he tried to give his fellow republican every benefit of the doubt, but he believes the state is penalized by the affair with the argentine woman. he is worried that calls for his impeachment will dominate the next legislation session and that nothing else will get done.

>> it is, in my opinion, that the best interest of the people of south carolina can no longer be served by the current administration. the serious misconduct that has already been revealed along with lingering questions and continuing distractions make it virtually impossible for our state to solve the critical problems we're facing without a change in leadership. that is why i now must call upon governor sanford in the interest of our state to resign. >> and a chorus has grown. a lot of people in the state have been asking for the governor to step aside. his term doesn't end until january of 2011. lieutenant governor bowers said he will stay out of the 2010 race if sanford steps down now. tropical storm danny is gaining strength in the atlantic. chad myers is joining us and he has the latest. chad, hi. >> chuck, it is forecast to become a hurricane before it makes a run at north carolina, or at least pretty close.

the middle of the cone is still not on north carolina, but part of the cone is. talked about that in a second. right now danny doesn't look all that significant. look at all the convection and you think, wow, that's amazing. look at the center, it's right there. nope, not even close. the center is in fact here. that means it's not that organized. yes, there are gusts over 45 miles per hour and maybe even 60 miles per hour but only on one side of the storm. that will take a while for all of this to wrap around, if it ever does, and become a more significant storm. now, it is forecast to become that one, a one, category 1 hurricane and right there, that would be cape hatteras. here's the 70-mile-per-hour storm not that far east of the bahamas. the problem is do we believe the left side of the cone, the right side of the cone, which is completely out into the ocean or somewhere down the middle. now, somewhere down the middle is, in fact, right through cape cod and right through nova scotia and the bay of fundy.

we will have to watch that. still very early in the generation and the genesis of these computer models. let me help you out a little bit here. try to draw the united states because i know it's hard to see. this is from florida state. there's the great lakes and there's the west. there's florida. you can see that. there goes the storm right there on the later part of the model. there it is there getting very close to north carolina and then, in fact, getting right up to the coast of maine and the bay of fundy. that's going to happen? well, chuck, you never know. we'll have to figure it out as it comes on. there are all the other computer models right through there. most of them not hitting the u.s. it's going to have to make that big turn, you know, at least bill made the turn, will danny make the turn? i don't know. doesn't sound very threatening, hurricane danny, but, you know, but, you know, it is what it is. we'll see. >> that's the best freehand map of the u.s. i've ever seen. >> it's hard to see. >> no, man, it looked great. a former citizen of the

soviet union said every night his family reserves an empty chair at the dinner table for senator ted kennedy. how the late senator stuck his neck out to save their little girl and change their lives forever.

talk has already begun about who will fill ted kennedy's senate seat. it could remain in the family, the late senator's sons edward jr. and congressman patrick kennedy who represents a district in rhode island have been mentioned as possible successors and so has his nephew choosing a successor, though, could take months. the governor cannot apoint a

successor right away. he can't fulfill the vacancy and a special election has to be held in 145 to 160 days and that's five months from now. great tributes and stories about senator kennedy have been pouring in. a lot of them online. right now a great and under the radar one on cnn.com. melissa long has that and great other features about kennedy. melissa? >> first the story that may be under the radar for some. the story of a little girl that goes back 30 years. she was suffering from an illness living in russia and she was suffering from a nutritional deficiency and she really needed western life saving medical treatment and simply could not get it and that's where senator kennedy stepped in to help. her family was soviet jews and denied access visas in 1977. they were trailed by agents and when they protested their daughter's situation to the kremlin, they were attacked and they were beaten.

her dad, boris, received an anonymous midnight help offering him help and secret meeting with a secret guest in 1978 and that's when ted kennedy walked in. several months later, 13-month-old jessica and her family left the soviet union arriving in boston, massachusetts. >> i thank especially senator kennedy, it was he who i could say now saved our lives. >> so, jessica received the necessary care. her father right there received a job through kennedy as a computer scientist and he is now a professor at m.i.t. jessica is now 31 years old and recently married and she is working in new york city to help the homeless. she says she was inspired by kennedy and his dedication to public service. as you mentioned earlier, chuck, that figurative chair sits at their dinner table to honor what he's done for their family.

>> she's 31 and living in new york. great features remembering ted kennedy at cnn.com. >> this is a part of a partnership cnn.com has with "time" magazine. the first one takes you back in time to 1941, there he is, 8 years of age in the striped shirt and he's climbing a tree and let's fast forward to 1962 and you'll see now, of course, late senator kennedy, along with his brothers and future president, as well, john on the right. and let's go back to 1977, exactly on this day, august 26th. there's former kennedy, former senator kennedy along with shirley mcclain and michael jackson. more of these pictures on our website, as well. we also have the tribute in the form of speeches performed over the years, conversations he's had with larry king live on the "larry king live" program as

recently as 2006. >> i bet you're getting a lot of hits on that. what a great gallery. thank you, melissa, appreciate it. a florida appeals court today, in fact, right now considering the state's ban on gays and lesbians adopting children. the 2008 ruling that the ban is unconstitutional. a challenge was brought by martin gill, he and his partner adopted two brothers and they began taking care of as foster parents in 2004. although state law prohibited homosexual people from adopting, it did allow them to be foster parents. in overturning that law, state attorneys argued that the judges legislated from the bench and it should be lawmakers who decide whether gay people in florida should adopt. should gays be prohibited from adopting children? should the ban in florida be overturned? what are your thoughts? give us a call. 877-835-5456. it's toll free. you can also visit our website, cnn.com/hln and weigh in or text views and your comment and name

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here's a sight that will be visible and in evidence for many, many days. the flag flying at the white house and u.s. capitol and across the federal structures in washington all lowered to half-staff in honor of senator kennedy who passed away last night. the body will lie in repose in the kennedy library in boston. hillside at artingten national cemetery, section 45 that is the resting place of prominent members of the kennedy family, including the late president and the former new york senator, bobby kennedy. will also be the burial site of the last surviving kennedy brother, edward kennedy. democratic and republican leaders are paying their respects to ed kennedy today. orrin hatch said he considered ted kennedy a close friend. when i first came to the united states senate i was filled with conservative fire in my belly and to take on any and everyone who stood in my way, including

ted kennedy. as i began working within the confines of my office i soon found out that while we almost always disagreed on most issues, once in a while we could could actually get together and find the common ground, which is essential in passing legislation. many viewers shared their comments in some form or another in the passing of ted kennedy. senator kennedy was a member of the have, but he was champion for the have nots. our prayers are with the kennedy family. raymond in orlando writes he was a bleeding heart liberal to the extreme. good riddance. he should have been in prison instead of ruining america by constantly voting against the people's desires. especially the illegal alien issue. the single best tribute that could be made to the now late ted kennedy is pass the name after him, a massive single payer health care program. kennedy was a champion of compromise and bipartisanship.

all right, we'll be remembering kennedy in many different forms all day today, but this is hln. we have to carry some we have to carry some other headlines. five years probation and six months of community labor is the sentence for chris brown. that's what a los angeles judge ruled yesterday. brown was sentenced for assaulting a pop star girlfriendryian na back in february. he also has to complete domestic counseling and stay 50 yards away from her. his probation report reveals two other incidents between the singers. three months before the beating rihanna had slapped brown during an argument and that he shoved her into a wall. in another, he allegedly broke car windows after an argument. police have arrested a woman accused of using a stun gun to rob businesses. the suspect is rose turka on jail of charges of robbery and attempted robbery. police say she used the gun on a gas station clerk and one employee at a subway restaurant.

described what happened to her. >> she grabbed my hand and put the stun gun to my arm and said i don't want to do this. this is so much electricity. i feel bad doing this, but i have three starving grandchildren and i ripped my arm away from her and i had ran in the back. >> police say the suspect is not really a grandmother. new home sales rose 10% in july, the fourth straight monthly increase. the commerce department says it exceeded forecasts and was the strongest home sales pace since last september. if you like beer, you're not going to like this story. prices are going up this fall. budweiser make anheuser-busch and miller koors are both raising prices. they won't say how much though an expert says you can expect about 50 cents more for a six pack. some distributors say this is a sign the companies are getting too big as they run 80% of the beer market. they blame higher costs of the ingredients. a little girl's wish came

true, she wanted to be a cow girl. why this particular request was so special.

the work begins anew. the hope rises again. and the dream lives on. >> america mourns the loss of political giant senator edward kennedy, what colleagues from both political parties are saying about him. a florida judge rules a state law that bans gay people from adopting is unconstitutional. should an appeals court uphold that ruling? we'll hear your views on that, plus, everyone knows parents are a major influence on their children but when it comes to drugs and alcohol, the impact could actually be pretty dramatic. hln news and views," thank you so much for your time. flags are flying at half-staff

across the country today all in honor of senator edward kennedy, the so-called lion of the senate died last night after a 15-month battle with brain cancer. kennedy was first elected to the senate in 1962. a year before his older brother, president john f. kennedy was assassinated. his other brother senator robert kennedy was gunned down in 196. senator kennedy will lie in repose in boston's kennedy library. he will be buried near both his brothers at arlington national cemetery. his career also had a scandal surrounding a car accident in chappaquiddick, massachusetts that killed a young woman in 1980. he made an unsuccessful run for president. he plays a major role in the passage of landmark legislation, things like the civil rights act in 1964, the voting rights act of 1965, the 1990 americans with disabilities act and the 1993

family and medical leave act. in a statement, kennedy family said this -- we've lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives but the inspiration of his faith, optimism and persevere rans will live on in our haertsz forever." senator kennedy was an early and vocal supporter of president obama when he was battling for the democratic nomination. this morning, the president took a break from his vacation on martha's vineyard to pay tribute to the massachusetts senator. >> teddy's diagnosis last year, we've seen the courage with which he battled this illness and while these months have no doubt been difficult for him, they've also let him hear from people had in every corner of our nation and from around the world just how much he meant to all of us. his fight has given us the opportunity we were denied when his brothers john and robert were taken from us. the blessing of time to say thank you and good-bye. >> senator ted kennedy was the

third longest serving senator in u.s. history. and the reaction to kennedy's death is pouring into us here. we'll be covering the story all day, but because we're hln, we're also going to get you other headlines of the day. today a florida appeals court is considering the state's ban on gaze and lesbians adopting children. the state is appealing a miami-dade judge's 2008 ruling that the ban is unconstitutional. that will challenge was brought by martin gill. he and his partner adopted two brothers and began taking care of them in 2004 when they was foster parents. stay law prohibited homosexual people from adopting but did allow them to be foster parents. in overturning that law, attorneys argued the judge legislated from the bench and said it should be they'remakers who decide whether gay people can adopt. so give us your view on this. should gays be prohibited from adopting children or should florida's ban be overturned.

call us at 1-877-tell-hln or e-mail us at cnn.com\hln. you can also text the word views plus your comments and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply. you can comment on my facebook page, as well. we'll be airing your responses throughout the day. his lieutenant governor says governor mark sanford can no longer serve the people of south carolina and feeds to resign, call it quits. andre bauer says he tried to give his fellow republican the benefit of the doubt but he believes the state's been paralyzes by sanford's admitted affair with a woman from argentina. bauer says he's worried that calls for sanford's impeachment will the dominate next year's legislative session and nothing else will get done. sanford's term ends in january of 2011. bauer says he will stay out of the 2010 race if sanford will step down now. teens are more likely to get drunk, smoke and use drugs if

they see their parents drunk. that's according to a new study by the national center on addiction and substance abuse. teens that see their parents drunk are twice as likely to get drunk in a typical month and three times more likely to use marijuana and smoke. the survey also found one-third of teen drinkers usually drink with the intention to get drunk and more than a third of teens say they could get prescription drugs to get high in a day and say it is easier to get prescription drugs than to buy a beer. federal appeals court in san francisco has just ruled that investigators were wrong to seize a list of 1034 major league baseball players who tested positive for performance enhancing drugs and ruled that federal authorities should have only taken the results of the ten players listed on the specific search warrant. federal agents took the larger list players during 2004 raids in connection with their probe.

balco later to be found at the center of the steroid distribution ring. the teenage victim of a hit and run says drivers just ignored him. he was riding his bike when someone hit him at an intersection sunday. he broke his leg and couldn't walk and cars just kept driving by. >> i had to crawl from the lines all the way over and i'm dragging the bike and a whole bunch of cars were driving by, nobody stopped. >> a couple finally stopped and called for help. the teen had hoped to play football in the fall, but will be spending the next couple of months trying to get better. a thousand california firefighters are battling a wildfire in the angeles national forest northeast of los angeles with low humidity and 100 degree temperatures, it's going to be a tough day. the fire has burned 750 acres near the morris dam. picnickers and 18 boy scouts had to get out of the area.

a voluntary evacuation is in effect fur a smul community. at this point, this fire is less than 10% contained. happy hour may soon be a little less happy if you like beer. why picking up the tab for your favorite suds is going to cost you more.

>> don't you find it remarkable one of the most partisan liberal men in the last century serving in the senate had so many of s his -- so many of his foes embrace him. because they know he made them bigger. he made them more graceful.

by the way in which he conducted himself. >> a nation is pausing to remember senator edward kennedy who died last night after a 15-month battle with brain cancer. that was the vice president speaking about it. talk has already begun about who may fill his senate seat. it could remain in the family. the late senator's sons edward kennedy, jr. and congressman patrick ken did i have rhode island have been mentioned as possible successors. so is his nephew is, former congressman joseph kennedy ii. choosing a successor could actually take months because under massachusetts law, the governor cannot fill the vacancy through appointment. a special election must be held in 145 to 160 days and that's about five months from now. we've been getting a lot of positive signs on the economy lately. some analysts even say the labor market will be the last area to

rebound but that it will eventually, obviously so when it does, will you be ready? poppy harlow from cnnmoney.com has a look what sectors may be the first to start hiring so you can get ready if you're not ready. hi, poppy. >> hi. i think anyone in line for a job is pretty prepared but folks, coming up tomorrow morning, we'll get the weekly jobless report. about half a million people expected to file for first-time claims that would be an improvement from the prior week. what we're hearing is a lot of companies are laying the groundwork getting ready to hire. a new report from robert half international and career builder is saying more than half of the managers is surveyed plan to bring on new workers in the next 12 months. a separate survey newly released from the american staffing association says the demand for temporary and contract workers, freelancers, that is expected to pick up. that's a good indicator for the overall employment picture because you see employers bringing on temp workers or

freelancers before they bring them on full time. so when those jobs become available, what will they be? here's what the report is saying. tool, that's a big spot where they're expecting to see a lot of hiring. obviously, technology companies haven't been hit as hard as banks, for example. customer service, of course, your customer facing those rules are pretty indispensable in good and bad times for companies. pickup expected there and also in sales position because often those positions are compensate the on how much you sell. that doesn't mean as much of a hit to the company in terms of what they have to pay out. those areas expected to pick up. we'll see. we're still losing hundreds of thousands of jobs every week here. >> we are. how do people position themselves best for these jobs? >> it's a great question. there's a whole series on cnn money called cnn money/hired. one of the suggestions is be selective when looking at applying for jobs. employers say their biggest

challenge is finding qualified applicants. that study said 44% of it resumes they're getting are from unqualified candidates. think quality, not quantity when you're applying and also take the time to tailor each application, your resume, your cover letter to that specific position that you're applying for and also know that managers are saying you can negotiate about 60% of the managers surveyed said they're willing to negotiate higher pay for qualified candidates. 40% of the managers said they give raises to current workers that are top performers to stay the at company when the economy does rebound. >> that's all positive pob stuff. and also, you got a little note here from me that your old boss might actually call you. what? >> it's true. we're seeing rehiring. that's what that line in this story, you're fired! you're hired, gm brought on 14 lun workers back on board last week. forward and dell are doing it. but just be prepared. if you get a call to come back,

think about it, is it a sound company and does it is have legs because if they laid you off once, they can again. more tips on cnn money, richelle. >> that is the smart advice. you may want that job, but think twice. great advice, pony. cnnmoney.com. she's a smart smart girl. the "jon and kate plus 8" real life drama continues thanks to kate's revealing new interview with larry king. does jon really want to quit the show? hear what kate has to say on hln "news and views."

>> life is not a dress rehearsal. you take every day and live it to the fullest and maximize your time here on earth. that's what he did. that's what i intend to do, as well. >> from his colleagues in the senate to his constituents in massachusetts and people whose lives he touched all around the world, reaction is pouring in to

the death of senator kennedy, the 77-year-old lost his bat with brain cancer late last night. one issue that was near and dear to senator ted kennedy throughout his long career was health care, and he fought for it and until the end. almost a year into his diagnosis of cancer, he was making calls from his bed lobbying for support, not surprising, given he published a book in 1972 called "in critical condition, the crisis in america's health care." one presidential historian talked to our sister network cnn about kennedy's impact on the health care debate. >> there's no question that i think he depended on kennedy, obama did, for helping to get that health legislation through for making people on differentized of the aisle recognize this is a moment for them as senators when they can be remembered in history for having done something really important. without that voice there, it's even been troubling in the last couple months maybe even more so now. unless there's some feeling of you know, empathy toward trying

to do something to make good what teddy wanted which was this passage of the bill that, happened after jack kennedy's death maybe it will in good spirit after teddy's. >> kennedy now passing away with the future of health care legislation uncertain. we will be remembering the life and legacy of senator ted kennedy all day, but because we are hln, we've got some more headlines to get to you right now. john and kaetd gosselin is speaking out about the show in her personal life in a brand-new interview with cnn's larry king. ever since their split went public, there's been an outcry to pull the plug on that show. a.j. hammer is in new york. showbiztant's viewers have been souding off how they feel about all this. what are they saying? >> they're saying pull the plug. that's been going on since the drama began to unfold. you would think that doing this show for kate woo now be a nightmare for her. think about it. the show started off as a happy

family show and getting great press and all of a sudden came the fame and the dissemination of their private lives in a very public way. but kate has a different opinion on how the show is for her. jon has said he wants to see the show go away. watch what kate said when larry king asked her about that and what she had to say about her feelings about continuing with the show. take a look. >> jon is quoted in the new "us weekly" i wish i had a 9:00 to 5:00 job instead of the nightmare i'm living. this is 24/7. i don't even want to do taping the show anymore. what's your reaction to that? >> jon's opinions and his goals are his. i know that personally for myself and the kids, this has been a good experience. it continues to be a good experience. and you know, really, the network has been extremely supportive above and beyond i feel what they need to be. and i only experience good things. everyone, would. everyone has a job.

everyone has what they're dealing with, and generally speaking, this is the most flexible workable wonderful job for myself. remember, the kids are just playing in front of the cameras. >> so apparently, she feels it is a wonderful job for her. it still, would for her. she has an excellent time doing it and said it continues to be a good thing but not at all mentioning this could have a severe psychological impact on these kids and the future of these kids. that is exactly why so many people since the drama unfolded since they landed on the cover of every single magazine with their vordivorce and their repod marital affairs everybody's saying not a good idea to continue doing this show. >> i'm so struck by her saying that the kids are just playing in front of the camera. we crossed that bridge a long time ago in reality tv. that's not what reality shows are anymore. it's not just anybody living their life in front of the camera. it's so much more complicated

than that especially with kids. >> she said all along, i need to do the show because we need to make the money to support these kids. i got to tell you, there are a lot of people with very big family who's survive on a whole lot less. you know? they've created this lifestyle. >> break it down, a.j. >> they've created this lifestyle as a result of what they have earned from doing the show that they feel they have to maintain in a very particular way. we have a lot to talk about tonight. much more on kate's revenge as she is speaking out. what kate really says happened the night police were called to her house and does she think jon is a good father, plus is kate harming her kids by continuing to speak out. all the new developments tonight right here on hln. it is tv's most provocative entertainment news show. >> thanks, aj. a legal ruling allowed a foster father to give two boys a permanent home but lawyers for the state of florida are in court today to try to get that

reversed. as an appeals court reconsiders the state's ban on gay people adopting kids, we'll be hearing your views.

senator edward kennedy has lost his battle with brain cancer. the lion of the senate began his political career when he was elected to fill the seat have a indicated when his brother, john, became president. debra feyerick is in the kennedy compound in hyannis port, massachusetts with more on what his family is saying about his passing. deborah, they knew it was coming but any family that's been in this situation still says it's never easy. even when they know it's coming. >> absolutely. you know it, never makes it any easier but the one thing that his son patrick who is a congressman in rhode island is quoted as saying is that it really gave the family a chance

to connect to bond, to share stories, and to tell each other how much they loved one another. the house just down there behind me, there's been a lot of activity all day there. a hearse coming in and out of the house. there's going to be some sort of wake. we're getting details on that. three sources telling cnn the senator will lie in repose in boston at the jfk library and museum beginning tomorrow. friday, there will be a funeral mass at our lady of perpetual help basilica known as the mission church also in boston and then there will be a burial following that at arlington cemetery in washington, d.c. now, his son was with him, his two sons were with him as was his daughter and his second wife, victoria reggie kennedy. they were there all last night. they were praying with him. apparently he took a turn for the worse late yesterday. as a matter of fact, somebody we spoke to said he appeared to be

in good spirits in the days leading up to his death. people have been coming by laying flowers, reminiscing about what ted kennedy and the whole kennedy family meant to them, and of course, making connections how they knew the kennedy family. one of the senator's three dogs did come out for a little walk just here behind us a little earlier today. again, life sort of going on. we've seen a lot of people going in and out of ethylkennedy's home. one frts people there with the senator when he passed, his long-time reverend, here's what he had to say. >> i don't know when he got a turn for the worse. i think it was probably late last evening. i'd be wrong -- between 9:00 and 10:00, he took a serious turn and that's when i was called and so i was there until he died and he died about 11:30ish, and the doctor was there all the time, of course, and all the family

were there. >> reporter: and the family did issue a statement at about 1:30 this morning saying "we've lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives but the inspiration of his faith, optimism and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever." he was considered the center of the family, sort of a stand-in father for his niece caroline and his nephew john f. kennedy after their own father was killed. so he's played a really pivotal role. he's endured a lot. he knew tragedy, but he always survived through it, and his boat 50-foot schooner the mya still out there in hyannis port. and again, just part of him spending the summer here in a place he truly loved. richelle? >> he's the center of the family and the entire family was with him like you said. deborah feyerick, thank you. and senator kennedy was an early and vocal supporter of

president obama when he was battling for the democratic nomination. this morning, the president took a break from his vacation on martha's vineyard to pay tribute to the massachusetts senator. >> the seriousness of purpose was perpetually matched by human milt, warmth and good cheer. he compassionately battled others and do so peerlessly on the senate floor for the cause anesthesia held dear and yet still maintained warm friendships across party lines. and that's one reason he became not only one of the greatest senators of our time but one of the most accomplished americans ever to serve our democracy. his extraordinary life on this earth has come to an end. an extraordinary good that he did lives on. >> senator kennedy was the third longest-serving senator in u.s. history. and talk has begun about who may fill his senate seat. speculation is it could remain

in the family. one of the late senator's sons congressman patrick kennedy of rhode island, has been mentioned as a possible successor. so has his nephew, former congressman joseph kennedy ii. choosing the successor could actually take months. under massachusetts law, the governor cannot fill the vacancy through an appointment. there has to be a special election and it has to happen within 145 to 160 days. that's about five months from now. we'll be covering the death of senator kennedy all day. we are hln though. so we're going to get you the rest of the headlines as well. today a florida appeals court is considering the state ban on gays and less byias adopting children appealing a miami-dade judge's 2008 ruling that the ban is unconstitutional. that challenge was brought by martin gill. he and his partner have adopted two brothers, they began taking care of as foster parents in 2004. the state law prohibited homosexual people from adopting but did allow them to be foster

parents though. in overturning that law, state attorneys argued the judge legislated from the bench and said it should be lawmakers who decide whether they can adopt. we know you have thoughts on this. should gays be prohibited from adopting children? or should florida's ban just be overturned? call us at 1-877-tell-hln. or e-mail us at cnn.com\hln. you can also comment on my hln facebook page and text the word views and your comments and name to hlntv. standard text rates apply. we will be airing your responses shortly and throughout the day. there is a new tropical storm in the open atlantic right now. danny has top winds of 45 miles per hour. it's 445 miles east of the bahamas. forecasters say it could get stronger over the next couple days. they expect it to clip the u.s. east coast this weekend but danny's pass could change quite a bit before then.

we will obviously keep you posted. listen to this. a federal appeals court in san francisco has just ruled investigators were wrong to seize a list of 104 major league baseball player who's tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs and ruled they should have only take the results of the ten players listed in their search warrant. federal agents took the larger list of players during raids in 2004 in connection with their probe of balco, that is the bay area laboratory that place was later found to be at the center of a steroid distribution ring. new technology could put a stop to texting while driving. we've been hearing so much lately how dangerous it is. "the wall street journal" reports several companies are scrambling to come up with software that can block phones from sending and receiving texts while driving. it's ease. if the phone has a gps, the smart phone can tell when you're moving fast. companies figure parents will be interested in this for their kids and insurance companies might offer you a discount if

you choose to install that software. a thousand california firefighters are battling this wildfire. this is in the angeles national forest northeast of los angeles. low humidity and 100-degree temperatures that's a bad combination. that's going to be a tough day. the fire has burned 750 acres near the morris dam. picnickers, campers, 18 boy scouts all had to get out of the area. there's a voluntary evacuation in effect for a small community near the gan gabriel river. the fire is less than 10% contained. wikipedia is trying a new method to keep people from put i be correct information on its site. the online encyclopedia is posting text pages that requires an experienced editor to approve changes before they appear to the public. if users like it, they'll use restrictions on all of its entries involving living people. a former citizen of the

soviet union says every night his family reserves an empty chair at the dinner table for senator ted kennedy. how the late senator stuck out his neck to save the little girl and changed their lives forever.

great stories and tributes today about senator ted kennedy. there's one that's kind of under the radar but it's being featured on cnn.com, dot com live anchor reggie aqui was here with that story and lots of ways you can find out more about senator kennedy on the website today. tell bus this one that you just might miss. >> this is interesting because i have never heard of the story till today. we're learning a lot today about senator kennedy's legacy,

including the story of a little girl at the time who was in the soviet union, her name jessica katz. and she would have died if not for help from a stranger far away. so here's what happened. she suffered from a nutritional deficiency and wasn't gaining weight. she couldn't drink her mother's milk. all she needed was some formula but they couldn't get that in the soviet union at the time. so her grandmother who was living in the united states started a campaign to get her granddaughter out of there. now, there was no solution until they got a call, an anonymous call at midnight offering help. and all they knew was they were going to meet a secret guest in 1978. well, as you can probably guess, that secret person was senator ted kennedy. he walked in, heard the story about little jessica and he asked the president of the soviet union to guarantee that they could have a safe exit to boston. now, the family didn't believe it. several months later it, turned out to be true.

>> i think especially senator kennedy. it was he who i can say now saved our lives. >> jessica at the time was just 13 months old. she received the needed care she needed and her father received a job through senator kennedy as a computer scientist. guess what dad does now? he is a professor at m.i.t. jessica is now 31 years old, married, working with new york city to help the homeless. she will says she was inspired to do so by senator kennedy and here is the really sweet cherry on top of this sundae. they leave a chair at their table in honor of senator kennedy for what he did for their family. essentially, if it weren't for senator kennedy that, little girl would probably not be alive today. >> you say she's working with the homeless. talk about really paying it forward. >> no kidding. >> that's fantastic. that's just one of several unique features that are on cnn.com today. ways to remember senator

kennedy. >> one way that you can do so is by looking at this special photo gallery we have of senator kennedy, especially poignant to see pictures of him with his brothers. of course, these were taken decades ago in partnership with "life" magazine. we're going to show you a few of these right now" first one is when he was 8 years old. look at that. >> great picture. >> he's climbing a palm tree at the family home in west palm, florida. going to take a look at another one. this was what i was mentioning about his brothers taken in 1962, his brother robert on the left and the future preds john on the right-hand side. also going to show you this one. this is ted kennedy with you got it, michael jackson. >> wow. >> and also do you know who that is on the very right-hand side. >> that is shirley maclaine. >> you got it. this is taken in 1977. suc look at 24 more of these photos by going to our website, cnn.com. also, you can go online and watch the 196 video of senator kennedy attending his brother robert's funeral, and he gave a

great eulogy, one of his most famous speeches. also a lengthy 2006 interview that he gave to larry king. you can find these@cnn.com in our special coverage today. i don't know but, but i am learning a lot today. >> a lot of people are learning new things and reminiscing about their own personal memories, as well. reggie, thank you so much. again, we're going to keep you up to date on all of the day's headlines, as well. r & b star chris brown has been sentenced to five years of probation and six months of community labor. that's what a judge gave him yesterday for assaulting his. star girlfriend back in february. now his ex-girlfriend. he has to complete a year of domestic violence counseling and stay 50 yards away from her. his probation report revealed two other incidents between the singers. the report says three months before the february beatingryian na slapped brown and he shoved her into a wall. in another, brown allegedly

broke car windows after an argument. many democrats and republicans in south carolina agree on one thing, governor mark sanford needs it resign. find out who's now calling on the embattled politician to step down.

>> always done best when it's been challenged coming out of the depression, the second world war, we always have, the korean war. we'll go to the moon. we have always done best when challenged and when we are in this together, i think the country is prepared for that kind of challenge and change. challenge and change, and i think it's waiting to do this. >> challenge and change. how about that. the lion of the senate, the late senator ted kennedy in his own words there on "larry king live." that was in 2006. we've got live pictures for you here. flags at the capitol and the white house are flying at half-staff this morning because of the passing of the long-time senator. they're also lowered at the kennedy compound in hyannis port, massachusetts.

the family just had another funeral less than two weeks ago for the seminar's sister, eunice kennedy shriver. many of our viewers have written in to share their comments on the passing of senator kennedy. jerry in columbus, mississippi wrote this -- raymond in orlando wrote this -- all right raymond. but kath in rochester new york wrote this -- so we wanted to get the broad

spectrum of views there about senator kennedy. one issue that was near and dear to senator kennedy throughout his career was health it until . almost a year into his cancer diagnosis he was making calls from bed lobbying for support. he published a book in 1972 called "in critical condition" the crisis in america's health care. gloria borger talked about the impact he may have had on today's debate. >> if he had been in the senate, i think the tone might a little bit different on health care by the way, he might are gone to prison, and we don't know that he hasn't already done that and says look this is where you need to cut your deal. this is what you need to do. he understood the power of persuasion. >> kennedy passed away without seeing his dream come true. well, his lieutenant governor says mark sanford can no longer serve the people of

south carolina, and he needs to resign. we are now hearing the governor will respond to those calls at 3:30. bauer says he tried to give his fellow republican the benefit of the doubt but he believes the state has been paralyzed about his admitted affair with another woman. he says the impeachment will dominate next year's legislative session and nothing will get done. sanford's term ends in january of 2011 if you're keeping track. bauer says he will stay out of the 2010 race if sanford will step down now. he's supposed to respond at 3:30. new home sales rose 10% in july. the fourth straight month the number went up. the increase exceeded economists' forecasts. senator ted kennedy passed the civil rights act and voting

rights act. look at the other trials and triumphs of the lion in the senate.

leaders around the world continue to pay their respects to a the late senator edward kennedy. what his colleagues on both sides of the isle are saying about him. a judge in florida rules law that prevents gay people from adopting is unconstitutional. plus, everybody knows parents are a major influence on their children. when it comes to drugs and alcohol the impact can be dramatic. hln news and views. hi, everybody. a lot going on today. welcome. flags are flying half staff across the country in honor of senator edward kennedy. the lion of the senate died late last night after a 10-month battle with brain cancer. he was first elected to the senate in 1962, a year before his older brother, the

president, was assassinated. his other brother, senator bobby kennedy was gunned down in 1968. he will lie at the jfk presidential library on friday. there will be a private memorial service that evening. the funeral will be saturday at a nearby church. he'll be buried near both his brothers at arlington national cemetery just south of the potomoc. his scandal included a car wreck that kill ad young woman, a staffer working for kennedy. in 1980 he made an unsuccessful run for president. he played a major role in the passage of legislation. including the civil rights act of 1964. the voting rights act of 1965. the 1990s americans with disabilities act. and the 1993 family and medical leave act. in a statement the kennedy family said we've lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives. but the inspiration of his faith, optimism, and

perseverance will live in our hearts forever. he was an early and vocal support of president barack obama when he was battling for the democratic nomination. today he took a break from vacation on martha's vineyard to pay a tribute to ted kennedy. >> over the past several years i've had the honor to call teddy a colleague, a counselor, and a friend. and even though we have known this day was coming for some time now, we awaited it with no small amount of dread. since his diagnosis last year, we've seen the courage in which he battled his illness. while these months have been difficult for him. they led him here from people in every corner of our nation and around the world just how much he meant to all of us. his fight has given us the opportunities we were denied when his brothers were taken from us. the blessing of time to say thank you and good-bye.

>> senator edward kennedy, the third longest serving senator in u.s. history. it could take some time to fill his seat in massachusetts where five years ago the legislature changed the law so republican mitt romney couldn't fill a senate seat if one opened up. a week ago senator kennedy sent a letter to lawmakers asking them to change that law back. under the current statute the special senate election must be held in 145 to 160 days, about five months from now. family aides say kennedy's wife vicky has no desire to fill the seat. we'll be remembering and hearing about ted kennedy all day. we have more reaction from senate colleagues and world leaders shortly. first, before we're hln, here's other headlines today. the head coach of the men's basketball team at the university of louisville speaking to reporters. earlier he apologized for his indecent actions of six years ago. the coach told police he had

consensual sex and paid for an abortion for a woman at the center of an extortion case against him. here is coach rick pitino. >> we'll wait for the trial. that's what this is all about. i'm not going to continue to talk about it anymore. but this is the definition of the person that you keep reporting on. it's someone who lies inconsistently to get their ways. i will make one further statement to all of you about this. because whatever has been written in new york, again, i'm a proud new yorker, and the right is there. always treated me with great respect. by my family and friends had to read this garbage. and the same thing here in louisville where i spent the last now going on 17 years and can't love a state anymore than this. everything that's been printed. everything been reported. everything you're showing and breaking in the news is 100% a lie. a lie.

all of this has been a lie. okay. a total fabrication of the truth. except what i told you. the mistake that i have made. tim seuffer has not come forward to tell the truth. he's in a custody battle for his child for 100% custody battle. nobody can really stand up, and i couldn't say anything because my lawyer said don't say anything. and the university says don't say anything. and the authorities say don't say anything. well, enough is enough. i am saying something. it's a lie. it's a 100% lie. you've known that it's a lie. you've aum known it. you haven't printed it. you haven't said it. you've known the backgrounds, but you haven't said it. i'm going to get onto basketball. i hasn't hurt recruiting one

bit. we will still bring in top ten players. this has been a top ten program the last two years. it will continue to be a top ten program. our fans are the greatest in college basketball. we will still run the program with great integrity. believe me i will suffer for that mistake. my wife and family do not deserve these lies. you want to report the truth? go ahead and do it. get anything you want that you can get. when it comes the trial you'll know the truth. that's why i haven't gone to inside edition and this station and this station and this station because i know it's going to come out. the fbi and the u.s. attorney's office don't go after jay walkers. thank you very much.

>> the somewhat em battled louisville cardinal coach not long after admitting to a sexual affair back in 2003 with a woman later charged with trying to extort money from him. and apparently some tapes, aud wroe tapes were released by the police. apparently to support the theory that she was raped by coach pitino have some validity. he said they do not. it's a total lie. the tapes do not reveal that at all. rick pitino who admitted a sexual affair with a woman maybe six years ago, a woman later charged with trying to extort money, had his say before reporters. a very upset coach rick pitino. investigators were wrong to seize a list of 104 major league baseball players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. they should have only taken the

results of the ten players on the search warrant. they took the large list of players during 2004 raids in connection with their probe of the bay area laboratory, later found to be at the center of the steroids distribution ring. today a florida appeals court is considering the state's ban on gays and lesbians adopting children. the state is appealing a 2008 ruling that the ban is unconstitutional. that challenge was brought by martin gill. they dopadopted two brothers in 2004. although state law prohibited homosexual people from adopting it allowed them to be foster parents. state attorneys argued the judge legislated from the bench and law mmakers should decide who should adopt. give us your thoughts on that. there is the e-mail address.

we're going to put your responses on in a couple of minutes. danny is gathering strength in the atlantic. chad myers is keeping a close eye on this. chad, hi. >> reporter: chuck, hi. it's a disorganized storm. kind of lame at this point in time. the center is over here. for it to be a deacceptability storm they have to wrap all the way around the cell, around the middle. right now it's not doing it. it is reported to make landfall possibly in north carolina, maybe in chesapeake and new england as a category 1 hurricane. i think we have to wait for more computer runs for this to

happen. if you're in l.a. looking north you might see that cloud cover. that up there is near the morris dam. that's where all the smoke and fire is today. fly you into a rugged area north of there. that's where the fire is around now. if you're saying, wow, where is that? at least the wind isn't too bad. the temperatures could be 100 dries today, chuck. >> angeles national forest. appreciate it. thanks. did a member of ryan jenkins family help him flee to canada? that's the question police are asking on both sides of the border. new details on murdered model jasmine fiore.

mark sanford is expected to appear in ten minutes.

the latest came from his lieutenant governor bauer. he had a yearlong affair with an arkans a woman from argentina. sanford's term ends january 2011. the governor is expected to respond around 10:30 eastern. canadian police are investigating whether a member of ryan jenkins' family helped him flee no canada. he was wanted for the murder of model jasmine fiore. he was found hanging in a motel room east of vancouver. a little more than a week after fiore's mutilated body was found in a trash dumpster in california. local sources report the mysterious blond woman that checked him in to the hotel may be his half sister. she's being questioned by police. another jenkins has the car

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flags flying half staff today at the u.s. capitol, at the white house, and all over official washington, an order from president obama in honor of senator ted kennedy who passed away late last night. all federal buildings will have flags displayed the same way for the indefinite future. certainly through the funeral service. here's more on the life of ted kennedy.

>> today as i mention ed i felt morally obligated to plead guilty to the charge of fleeing the scene of an accident. no words on my part can possibly express the terrible pain and suffering i feel over this tragic incident. >> senator ted kennedy many years ago talking to the people of massachusetts about one of the darke esest moments of his career. the accident where a passenger in his car drowned. people complained that he had waited many, many hours after the accident before ever reporting it to police. many of our viewers are sharing their comments on the passing of ted kennedy. a reverend from italy touched on the scandal with these words. it is sad to lose someone and i feel for the family because of their loss. i can't help but to think of poor mary jo and the fact that

she was left to die under the cold water. to me, the kennedys do not represent a so-called royal family of america. i feel for the family, but my still goes out to the young woman, mary jo, who was left there to die. jerry in columbus, mississippi, focused on the kennedy legacy writing he was a member of the "have" but he was a champion for the have notes." it's a good time for renters. property owners are facing vacancies and cash-strapped tenants. they're willing to negotiate. a recent survey found 68% of landlords reported lowering rents or giving one or more months the free to retain a tenant. is there a way to cut your bill? smartmoney.com's kelly grant is here with strategies to try. i guess the first is research, right? >> definitely. find out what other people in your building and your neighborhood are paying for comparable properties. that's going to tell you first if you're overpaying but how much leverage you have.

it's especially going to be helpful if you find out there are vacancies in your area. good resources to check, craigslist for comparable properties. ask your neighbors what they're paying. >> next up you say is to play up your rental history. >> definitely. at this point landlords are desperate for tenants, but they want good tenants. if you have a history of being a good tenant you have a lot of room to negotiate. play up with them that you never pay late. you always kept the property in good condition and you haven't had any neighbor problems. >> if you can't get the rit itself lowered is there other areas to save? >> there are, actually. a lot of landlords if they're not budging on rent they are willing to help you out in other ways. they might be willing to cut utility costs or add in free cable. they might give discounts for parking or storage space ft. if you're a new tenant you may get a lower security deposit. >> right now the renters have

the upper hand. i have a friend who got a $300 break per month on her apartment. >> using the same techniques you described? >> she did research. found out people in the building were moving out. other cheaper properties nearby. she said i've been a good tenant. i want to save some money. it took her five minutes. >> kelly grant, smart money. problems with the fuel valve are keeping "discovery" on the launch pad again today. nasa halted the countdown early off. it was about half way through the fuelling process when the launch was scrubbed. second day in a row it was called off. they can try early friday. if it doesn't lift off by sunday the mission to the international space station will have to wait until october. 1,000 california firefighters are hard at work battling a fire northeast of los angeles. low humidity and 100-degree temperatures are making out a tough day. this fire has burned 750 acres.

it's said to be less than 10% contained. a legal ruling allowing a foster father to give two boys a permanent home. lawyers are in court to try to get that reversed.

yes, the lion of the senate is gone. flags flying half staff across the country in honor of senator edward kennedy. he lost a 15-month battle with brain cancer. first elected in 1962, which was a year before his older brother, the president, john f. kennedy was assassinated. his ore brother, bobby kennedy was gunned down on june of 196. he will lie at the jfk presidential library on the south side of boston on thursday and friday. a private memorial service on friday evening. his funeral will be held at a nearby church. that will be saturday. and then he is to be buried

about 90 feet from his brothers at arlington national cemetery on saturday afternoon. kennedy's career endured the scandal surrounding the car accident in massachusetts that killed a young woman, mary jo. in 1980 he made a very unsucc s unsuccessful bid for presidency. during his long tenure in d.c. he played a major role in the passage of a lot of landmark legislation, the civil rights act of '64. the voting rights act of 1965. the americans with disabilities act in the 1993 family and medical leave act. he left quite an imprint on politics in washington. senator kennedy was an early and vocal supporter of president barack obama when he was battling for the democratic nomination. today the president took a break from his vacation on martha's vineyard to pay a tribute to edward kennedy.

>> was matched by humility, warmth and good cheer. he compassionately battled others and do is so purelessly on the senate floor for the causes he held dear and still main main warm friendships across party lines. that's one reason he game not only one of the greatest senators of our time, but one of the most accomplished americans ever to serve our democracy. his extraordinary life on this earth has come to an end. and the extraordinary good that he did lives on. >> senator kennedy was the third longest serving u.s. senator in american history. it could take a while to fill that vacant senate seat. five years agent the legislature in boston controlled by democrats changed the law so republican governor mitt romney could not fill a senate seat if one opened up. at that time john kerry was running for the white house. a week ago senator kennedy sent a letter to lawmakers asking him to change the law back. the legislature is in recess and will be until after labor day.

under the current law a special senate election will be held in 145 to 160 days. that would be five months from now. kennedy's wife vicky has no desire to fill the seat. we'll cover the retax to the death all day. we have to keep you up to speed on other news. a 17-year-old boy who police say detonated two pipe bombs at a northern california high school has been charged as an adult. alex faces a number of charges including attempted murder. he was also armed with a chain saw and sword. faculty members wrestled him to the ground. no one was hurt. he had planned to carry out a cold-blooded plot of execution on the teachers. police are investigating whether a member of ryan jen's family wanted help flee to canada. he's wanted for the killing of

his wife but his body was found in a motel room east of vancouver a little more than a week after fiore's mutilated body was recovered from a trash dumpster in california. media now report the mysterious blond who checked jenkins into the motel in hope, british columbia may have been his half sister. she's being questioned by police. a jenkins has a car similar to the one reportedly seen at the hotel when jenkins checked in. chris brown has been sentenced to five years probation and six months of community labor. that's what a judge gave him for assaulting his girlfriend rihanna in february. he also has to stay 50 yards away from rihanna. the report revealed two other incidents between the singers. three months before the february beating rihanna slapped brown during an argument and he shoved her into a wall. in another confrontation he

allegedly broke car windows after an argument. police have arrested a woman accused of using a stun gun to rob businesses. the suspect, rose tyrka is in jail on charges of robbery and attempted robbery. one employee described what happened to her. >> she grabbed my hand and put the stun gun to my arm and says i don't want to do this. this is so much electricity. i feel bad doing this. but i have three starving grandchildren. i ripped my arm away from her. >> the suspect is not really a grandmother. a new tropical storm is in the open atlantic. it's following generally along the course of former hurricane bill. right now danny has winds at 45 miles per. it's still 445 miles east of the bahamas. it could gain strength in the next couple of days. they do expect it might clip the east coast this weekend. perhaps the outer bank of the

carolinas. although the path could change a lot between now and then. south of that in florida problems with a fuel valve are keeping "discovery" on the launch pad. nasa halted the countdown to this morning's scheduled blastoff about half way through the fuelling process. it's the second day in a row the launch was called off. nasa can try again early friday. if discovery doesn't launch by sunday the mission to the international space station will have to wait until october. the coach of the university of louisville basketball team, rick pitino held an emotional news conference today. he was responding to police releasing audio and videotape and phone calls with the woman who says he raped her six years ago. the coach says the woman was trying to blackmail him and he's upset that the tapes were released. he says he wants to bring the case to trial and clear his name. >> this is blackmail. i was told seven months ago that if i didn't fight it -- if i thought it, my life would be

pure held. hell. i went home to comfort my wife. it has been pure hell for her and my family. don't tell me it's been pure hell for other people. i'm not the one who went to fox 41 and gave the allegations out. i didn't bring this upon. >> he said he apologizes to his family and team every day. his lieutenant governor renewed calls for mark sanford to resign. he believes the south carolina state business has been penalized. he's worries the demands for his impeachment will dominate the legislative session next year and nothing else will get done. governor stanford is to be responding to calls to resign any moment now. we expected that to begin about five minutes ago. it has yet to begin. we hope to bring it to you live soon.

this is governor mark sanford about to face reporters with his response. >> what i would like to do is just offer a very quick couple of press statements in line of lieutenant governor's press statement of earlier today. and what i actually have here is i'll get you to hand out. you can all review it at your pleasure. it's a letter for the lieutenant governor. and the long and short of my

letter to him is i very much appreciate the offer. in that light, in some way it's a proposal. it's almost a representation of something close to heaven on earth. with all respect to the cameras and the load of reporters, nothing against our time together here over the last 60 days, but in a lot of ways it would represent heaven on earth to take him up on that offer of him taking my spot here for the last 16 months. but, you know, as much as i might like to do that, as much as i might want to do that, i really believe it would be wrong for a couple of different reasons. i want to go down those different reasons. let me back up and explain the larger context of where i'm coming from. i was unfaithful to my wife. you all know that. i think the world knows that.

because when confronted with it i laid all the cards on the table, i talked about it in pain staking detail. i laid the cards out on the table. and then in the wake of that y'all in the media and pundits and everybody else analyzed it and focused on it and reported it and analyzed it and focused on it and reported on it some still more. and in that process south carolinians moved on. two nights ago i spoke and it was interesting the number of people who brought up the notion of jobs and the economy and what was going to happen next. they brought up this notion of restructuring and what what is the makeup of a south carolina worth. they termed about issues of what was happening with health care or not happening. they touched ab a bunch of

different things. but they weren't talking about this. i was at hampton for lunch the other day. i was over in somerville a couple of days back. you retrace your corners of the state, and what you find is there's an amazing capacity for forgiveness with real world people. and there's an amaze iing acceptance of this notion that god can use perfect people to perform jobs in all walks of life. i consistently get that when i talk to people across the state. the one exception is here in columbia. and i don't mean this negatively towards y'all in the press. but some in the press very much are still focused on this. you end up with something of a

circus. some want a new job and think they should stir it up. other want payback time. i have a long list of politics not fond of me. live by the sword. die by the sword. it's your time. maybe some think it helps sell papers. a variety of different reasons as to why this thing has been chronicled as it has. i don't mean that meanly, but when you look at the fact that this state is going to run a $100 million deficit this year and the amount of coverage that has gotten versus other things, wait a minute, we have real world issues we need to talk about. it's uncouple bent on even folks

in the media to be talking about those things. what i say in the letter is i'm not going to be railroaded out of this office by political opponents or folks never fans of mine in the first place. a lot of what's going on now is pure politics, plain and simple. what i talk about in my letter is, you know, me hanging up the spur 16 months out as comfortable as that would be, as much as i might like to do that on a personal basis, it is wrong, one, because as you might dislike somebody, it's not right to go rewrite history. we have an incredible record when it comes to watching out for the taxpayer. there have been attempts to rewrite history on that front. the first wrong was mine. pure and simple. again, i've said more about that than ever needs to be said.

when folks go through all the numbers, we lock incredibly good. this is well beyond the simple notion of us using the state playing a full third less than any previous administration or one-half less than one of the other administrations. it goes beyond moving assessment to move around the state because it was cheaper than using a plane the than jet fuel. we begin to look in this. if people want to do serious reporting or serious investigation, they will be uncovering these facts. now forget the cost of the first class ticket or a private jet across the atlantic. turns out now as we begin to do our beginning of a the looking around, turns out folks are flying back and forth on the concord from europe in days

past. it turns out that members of the general assembly. it turns out there was a long standing practice of drop-offs and pick-ups with planes and other assets that wasn't anything but the best interest to the taxpayer. it really needs to be looked at in the larger context. as much as i might want to pull the tent just because folks are frightened or other things does

not mean it is the right time to fold the tent. i would thirdly say that good decisions in the world of politics as in every other in our life are based on facts not reports. and so if i was to go around the room. if i was to ask you how many first class tickets were bought by the administration you would say what? >> a dozen or so. >> what would be your guess? >> 50. >> and we could go around the room and get different answers based on fair assessment. that's what was recently reported in every paper. the answer is zero. we can prove that. >> governor sanford is obviously not going to leave office. he says it's not the right time to fold the tent. he blames a lot of this on the

media. he said a scandal like this helped sell papers. and he's going to abide by the creed that god can use imperfect people. he referred to his yearlong affair with a misstress and he's now referring to charges that he misused state funds to make several visits for him. to korry on that relationship. the governor of south carolina, inspite of a call by lieutenant governor to resign says no way. he's filling out his term. analysts say the labor market will be the last area of rebound. it will eventually. are you going the be ready when it does? poppy harlow has a look at what sectors may be the first to start hiring again. >> hi, chuck. it's still a bleak picture when you talk about the u.s. job market. tomorrow morning we're going to get the weekly jobless claims numbers. the expectation more than half a million people will have lined up for the first time benefits last week. that would be an improvement from where we stood before.

and there are companies, we are hearing, laying that ground work for growth when the economy does rebound. there's a new report out ground that we have. actually more than half of the managers they surveyed plan to hire in the next 12 months, a separate survey from the american staffing association shows the demand for those temporary and contract workers and freelance workers is also expected to pick up. that's a good indicator for temporary and future employment. so some good indicators, but when those jobs become available, where will they be? according to the survey, is in technology, technology stocks not hit as hard as banks in this recession. customer service another area of growth according to this survey. those are customer facing roles and those are important in good times as well as bad. and finally sales are critical.

>> how do people align themselves for these kinds of jobs? >> that's a great question. there's a theory on cnnmoney.com, employers say their biggest challenge right now is finding qualified and pants. 44% of resumes are from unqualified candidates. think about taking the time to taylor your application to your specific position. that's going to make a big difference, about 60% of managers said they're willing to negotiate higher pay for qualified candidates, even for folks that are still eon the job. cnnmoney.com has a great series on this. wall street traders seem to be taking a cautious tony today. a quick check of the dow, with about 8.5 left in the trading

day. the dow up 11.5 just before the close of trading. we'll be back.

funeral plans are announced for massachusetts senator edward kennedy. where his final resting place will be. violence erupts in south africa as soldiers converge on the capital to protest their salary. what police had to do to disburse the crowd. and a florida judge rules a state law that bans gay people from adopting is unconstitutional. should an appeals court uphold that ruling? we're listening to your views. i'm richelle carey, thanks for your time. flags are flying at half staff across the country today

in honor of senator edward kennedy. the lion of the senate died last month after a 15-month battle with brain cancer. he was elected to the senate in 1962, a year before his older brother, president john f. kennedy was assassinated. his other brother, senator robert kennedy was gunned down in 1968. senator kennedy will lie in repose at jfk presidential library, friday will be a private memorial service, his funeral will be held saturday at a nearby church. he will be buried by both brothers at arlington national cemetery. in 1980, he made an unsuccessful run for president. during his long tenure in washington, kennedy played a major role in the passage of landmark letting slgislatiolegi. we're talking about the voting act of 1965, the americans with disabilities act, and the 1993

family and medical leave act. in a statement, the kennedy family had this to say, we have lost the irreplaceable 1e7b ter of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith optimism and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever. a vocal supporter of president obama, this morning the president took a break from his vacation on martha's vineyard to pay tribute to the massachusetts senator. >> over the past several years, i have had the honor to all teddy a colleague, a counselor and a friend. and even though we have known this day was coming for some time now, we awaited it with no small amount of dread. since teddy's diagnosis last year, we have seen the courage in which he battled his illness. while these months have no doubt been difficult for him, they have also let him hear from the

nation and the rest of the world just how much he meant to all of us, opportunities we were denied when his brothers were taken from us. we will be remembering senator ted kennedy all day, we have more reaction from senate colleagues and world leaders. because we are hln, we're going to get you some of the other day's headlines. this one just developing in the last few minutes. california governor mark sanford says he has no plans to resign despite calls to do so from his own lieutenant governor. andre bauer says he believes the state has been paralyzed by sanford's admitted affair with an argentine woman. he says his call for impeachment will dominate next year's legislative session and that nothing else will get down. but in a news conference just a few minutes ago, sanford said he

bro a letter to bauer explaining why he's not stepping down. >> i'm not going to be railroaded out of this office by political folks or folks that were never friends of mine in the first place, or put a different way, a lot of what's going on now is plure politics, plain and simple. >> there you have it. his first term is in january 2011. a tropical storm is out in the open atlantic right now, danny, has top winds at about 45 miles an hour. forecasters say it could get stronger over the next couple of days, expect it to clip the u.s. east coast this weekend. it's path could change quite a bit before then. so these are just early predictions. 1,000 california firefighters are battling a wildfire in the angles national forest, that is northeast of los angeles, the humidity is low, temperatures are high, about 100 degrees. that makes for a very tough day.

the fire has burned 750 acres near the morris dam. picnickers, campers and 18 boy scouts in the area all had to get out a voluntary evacuation is in effect for people in the san gabriel river. at this point the fire is less than 10% contained. university of louisville basketball coach rick bettino is responding to police releasing audio and videotapes of phone calls and their interview of claims from a woman who said bettino raped her. he wants to bring the case to trial to clear his name. >> this is blackmail. i was told seven month s ago tht if i fought it, my life would be pure hell.

it has been pure hell for my wife and my family. i'm not the. >> the woman bettino admits the affair with is facing extortion charges and charges of lying to the fbi. a federal appeals court has ruled that investigators were wrong to seize a list of 104 major league baseball players, all who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. it ruled that instead federal authorities really should have only taken the results of the ten players on their search warrant, a very narrow list. federal agents took the largest list of players during the 2004 race in connection with their probe of balco, that is the bay area laboratory later really found to be the center of the steroids distribution ring. happy hour may soon be a little less happy if you like beer. why picking up the tab for all the beer is going to cost you more.

so many of his so many of his foes embrace him because they know he made them bigger, he made them more graceful by the way in which he conducted himself. >> that's the vice president who was a colleague in the senate with ted kennedy for decades and it could take some time to fill kennedy's senate seat. five years ago, the massachusetts legislature which is controlled by democrats changed the law so republican

governor mitt romney couldn't fill the seat open -- an open seat if one opened up. a week ago, senator kennedy sent a letter to lawmakers asking them to change the law back. under the current law, a special senate session must be held 145 to 160 days, that's about five months from now. family aides say that his wife vickie has no desire to fill that seat. ireporters have been giving us their views on the passing of senator kennedy. >> senator kennedy was a man who flawed to become president but so intellectually respected that he single handedly gave the legitimacy needed by the presidential campaign. without senator kennedy, president obama would likely have been nothing more than a hope. without senator kennedy holding the torch over the last 25 years

with the compassion manifested in many of our most effective programs would not have been realized. >> teddy was a deal maker, even though he was a symbolism of american liberalism and politics and was a punching bag for the hard right for decades, people actually respected him because he stood for, and whatever he stood for, he did his best to followthrough with it. teddy's life reminds me of what american politics used to be. where there were differences in idealogy, but still there were a spirit of cooperation. is. >> ted kennedy represented a lot of americans across the united states and not just those of massachusetts. he knew what people wanted and what people needed. he knew that they needed better wages, he knew that they needed better education. and one thing he sure knew was that everyone should have a

right, not a privilege, when it comes to health care reform. may he rest in peace and be remembered as a great man. and as a man on his own and not just jfk's little brother. share you comments with us on senator kennedy, you can go to ireport.com and click on the upload now link. a pretty chaotic scene happening in south africa. police fired rubber bullets and tear gas into a crowd of sold r soldiers, they were protesting wages and working conditions. the soldiers were denied a permit for this march. you can see they did it anyway. a policeman and several soldiers were hurt in all this. south africa has been hit by violent strikes and protests recently. police have vowed to crack down on what they call unruly

behavior as you see there. a 59-year-old woman nicknamed stun gun granny, she allegedly tased them and then robbed their businesses.

life is not a dress rehearsal, you take every day and live it to the fullest and maximize your time here on earth, that's what he did and that's what i intend to do as well. >> from his colleagues in the senate to people in massachusetts, reaction is pouring in for the death of senator kennedy, the 77-year-old senator lost his battle with brain cancer last night. one thing that was near and dear to senator kennedy was health care and he fought for it for years. he was making calls from bed to lobby for support.

he published a book in 1972, "critical condition, the crisis in national health care." >> no question that i think he depended on kennedy, obama did for helping to get that health legislation through, for making people on different sides of the aisle recognize this is a moment for them as senators when they can make history for having done something important, without that voice there, it's even been troubling in the last several months, maybe even more so now, unless there's some dealing with trying to ma ing empathy, maybe it will be in good spirit after teddy. >> kennedy of course passing with the future of health care uncertain. we will be remembering the life and legacy of ted kennedy all day, but we are hln so we'll

give you the day's headlines as well. canadian police are investigating whether a member of ryan jenkins family helped him escape. his body was found in a hotel room a week after fiore was found in a tramp dumpster. a mysterious woman checked in jenkins to that hotel may have been his half sister. she is being questioned by police. affiliate ctv reports that a. jenkins was reportedly seen at the hotel when jenkins checked in. five years of probation for r&b star chris brown. that's what the judge gave him for assaulting his girlfriend rihanna last year. he also has to stay 50 yards away from rihanna.

the report says three months before the february beating, rihanna slapped brown during an argument and shoved her into a wall, in another, brown allegedly broke car windows after an argument. police have arrested a woman accused of using a stun gun to rob businesses. they suspect the -- the suspect that is, rose tigra is in jail on charges of robbery. florida police say she used a stun gone on a gas station attendant. swung described what happened to her. >> she grabbed my hand and put the stun gun to my arm and says, i don't want to do this -- and then i ripped my arm away from her and i had ran in the back. >> another worker said they chased her away with a butter knife. a 10-year-old girl went to the principal's office because of the words on her t-shirt.

you want to know what it says? take a look. the school district's dress banned any clothing that could be distracting or offense. the girl's parents were called and told to change the girl's shirt or take her home. they took her home. the same message has appeared on o' -- >> we as parents and for our children, we need to raise them up that they're willing to stand up for what they believe, come whether the people in the society like it or they don't. >> if i can come back to school, then i will. if i can't wear the shirt, i won't wear the shirt, but i will still talk to people about islamic slavery and islam is of the devil. >> the president of the local muslim association says the principal made the right decision because school should be a place where kids learn to respect each other. wi

the online encyclopedia is posting test pages that require experience to approve pages before they appear to the public. wikipedia will use it on all -- if you like beer, both budweiser maker anheuser-busch and beer maker coors will be raising prices this fall. you should expect to pay about 50 cents more per six pack. and distributors say the size of these companies are too big because together they run 80% of the beer market. the companies blame higher costs of ingredients. the dow industrials extended their winning streak to seven in a row, but barely. the final tally of the cash for clunkers program, stephanie how many times have we had cash for

clunkers in the past three weeks or so? >> i can't imagine, i never thought of those words together and now they're forever stuck in our minds that way. today there's little change as investors took up the rally. not even the better than expe expected economic reports could jump-start the market today. the fourth monthly increase in new home sales in july. big ticket items, everything ranging from refrigerators to washing ma ing machines to airc. nasdaq and the s&p 500 both ended barely above the flat line. and we have to final numbers on how many clunkers got traded in during the cash for clunkers program. $2.9 billion just under the $3 billion allotted for the program. so not bad.

rochelle, back to you. a legal ruling allowed a foster father to give two boys a permanent home. we'll be talking about that on the other side of the break.

flags are flying at half staff across the country today, all in honor of senator towards kennedy, the lion of the senate died last night after a 15-month battle with brain cancer. kennedy was first elected to the senate in 1962. that was a year before his older brother, president john f. kennedy was assassinated and his other brother senator robert kennedy was gunned down in 19 66 68, kennedy will lie in repose at jfk library. his funeral will be held at a nearby church. he will be buried near both his

brothers at arlington national cemetery. kennedy also endured a scandal involving a car accident in chap quid dick, massachusetts. in 1980, he made an unsuccessful run for president. during his long career in washington, he made -- the voting rights of 1965, 1990 americans with disables act, and the 1983 family and medical leave act. kennedy was instrumental to obama in his fight for the presidency. obama paid tribute to kennedy at martha's vineyard. >> we have seen the courage with which he battled his illness. no doubt these months have been hard for him they have let him

hear from every nation around the world just how much he meant to all of us. his fight has given us the opportunity that was denied when his brother john and robert were taken from us. we were blessed with the time to say we love you and goodbye. >> senator kennedy was the third longest serving senator in history. and vice president biden also paid tribute to the passing of senator kennedy. >> don't you find it remarkable that one of the most partisan, liberal men in the last century serving in the senate had so many of his -- so many of his foes embrace him. because they know he made them bigger. he made them more graceful, by the way in which he conducted himself.

>> we'll have more on the life of senator ted kennedy in a moment. we're hln and there's some headlines we need to get to as well. south carolina governor mark sanford says he has no plans to resign in spite of calls to do so from his own lieutenant governor. andre bauer says he realizes the state has been paralyzed in his words by sanford's admitted affair from a woman in argentina, he said he is aware that calls for sanford's impeachment will dominate next year's session and nothing will get done. this afternoon sanford wrote a letter explaining why he is not stepping down. >> i'm not going to be railroaded out of this office by political opponents or folks that were never fans of mine in the first place or put a

different way, what's going on now is pure politics. >> sanford's term lends in january 2011. investigators are investigating whether a member of ryan jenkins helped him escape. he was found in a hotel room -- the mysterious blond woman who checked jenkins into a hotel may have been his after sister. she is being questioned by police. general k a tropical storm in the open atlantic right now, danny has winds, top winds of about 5 miles an hour, it's 445 miles east of the bahamas, forecasts say it could get stronger in the next couple of days.

they expect it to cross the u.s. this weekend. we'll keep you posted. about 1,000 california firefighters were battling that wildfire. this is happening in the angles national forest northeast of los angeles, temperatures of about 100 degrees, that is a dangerous combination, the fire has burned 750 acres near the morris dam and at this point it is less than 10% contained. north carolina is getting serious about hiits recycling efforts. starting october 1, the law will take effect banning water bottle and milk jugs. motor oil filters and wooden pallets will also be banned frox landfills come october. aluminum cans already not allowed. new home sales rose nearly 10% in july, the fourth straight

month that that number went up, the commerce department says increases exceeded forecasts. economists have predicted, it was the strongest home sales pace since last september, we'll take that. wall street traders took a cautious tone today despite all the positive reports. the dow spiked when those reports were first released this morning. but it wound up closing at 9543, up just four points from yesterday. but still up. still up. basketball coach rick bettino held a news conference today and was very emotional. he was responding to police releasing audio and videotapes of phone calls. bettino was that the woman was trying to blackmail him. bettino is upset that the tapes were even released. he says he wants to take the case to trial to clear his name. >> this is blackmail, i was told

seven months ago that if i fought it, my life would be pure hell and i went home to comfort my wife because it has been pure hell for her and my family. and don't tell me it's been hell for other people because i'm not the one that went to fox 41 and gave all these allegations out. i didn't bring upon this fight. >> he's coming out fighting as you can tell. the woman who bettino admits having an affair, karen sypher is under investigation for lying to the fbi. a list of 104 major league baseballs tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. it ruled federal authorities should only have taken the results of the ten players that were listed on the search warrant. federal agents took the largest list of players in the 2004 raids in connection with the probe of the bay area laboratories. and that lab was later found to

be at the center of a steroid distribution ring. wikipedia is trying a new method of keeping people from putting information that's just wrong on its website. it's requiring a wikipedia expert to approve of the writing before it's posted on the website. we all know parents have a pretty major impact on their children. but when it comes to driving, the impact could be dramatic.

gate stories today about senator ted kennedy. a story that may be under the radar, you may not have heard this story, but you want to hear the story. let's check out with dotcom anchor nicole laughen. >> it's a young soviet union family, and this little girl was dying there, her family was unable to get a visa to come to the states, her family was beaten and they were followed, they were tormented in the 70s and then senator ted kennedy, actually showed up, personally took responsibility for getting this little girl to the states, getting her help for her nutritional deficiency, her dad, her whole family came to the states and now they are working through help from senator kennedy, her dad is a professor

at m.i.t. jessica is now married and working in new york city, she's helping the homeless, rochelle, she said she was inspireded by kennedy to dedicate her own life to one of public service. and i got to tell you, rochelle, that even that family leaves a chair at the dinner table empty for senator ted kennedy, because he did so much to rescue them, to save this little girl's life. >> he changed the path of their life, it's not an overstatement to say that, he really did. some other stories as well that feature senator ted kennedy as well. tell us about those. >> you and i have various memories of senator ted kennedy, whether it was on larry king or giving a speech at the dnc. we have some really interesting behind the scenes photo of kennedy, of camelot.

you can check out out at cnn.com/kennedy. it's really easy to get to. we have one of the early pictures showing him climbing, look at this, an 8-year-old senator kennedy climbing a palm tree at his home in west palm beach, florida. and another picture that shows him huddled around with his brothers. ted kennedy, who's that guy? michael jackson. >> michael jackson and shirley maclaine. what a picture. >> yeah, we go into the historical archives her and you can see some never before seen images, some rare video, again, cnn.com/kennedy is where you can see all of those photos, his life and his legacy, all played out for you online. >> that's a great resource, i'm sure is probably getting a lot of traffic today. i hope people do check it out. thanks nicole. >> you're welcome. >> it could take some time to fulfill kennedy's legacy.

five years ago the massachusetts legislature which is controlled by democrats changed the law so republican governor mitt romney couldn't fill a senate seat if one opened up. a week ago, senator kennedy sent a letter to lawmakers asking them to change the law back. under the current law, a special senate election must be held in 145 to 160 days or about five months from now. family aides say that kennedy's wife vickie has no desire to fill that seat. teens are more likely to get drunk, smoke or use drugs if they see their parents drunk. they found teens who see their parents drunk are twice as likely to get drunk in a typical month and three times more likely to use marijuana and smoke cigarettes. the survey also found that 1/3 of teen drinkers drink with the intention of getting drunk.

1/3 of teens said they can get prescription drugs within one day. they said it's easier to get prescription drugs than to buy beer. p÷

our news is coming up in just a few minutes. time to check in with mike for a review of what some of the stories are that we have been working on. we're talking about ryan jenkins, accused of murdering his swimsuit model wife, jasmine fiore, or his ex-wife. one of the questions we have, did he have any help? we know that there's a mystery blond woman who came and paid for his motel room there in canada. while we're also finding out that there was a car, there a pt cruiser, that his dad owns a pt cruiser, there's a half sister that lives in the area, what did they know? we'll get to the bottom of that, we'll take your calls on the topic. the latest on the casey anthony case, we're finding out,

we're getting an actual look at a tattoo she allegedly received. this is a couple of weeks after little caylee goes missing and the tattoo says la bella vita which means a beautiful life. your little girl goes missing and then you get a tattoo that says "a beautiful life". a school district in new hampshire are making a fight against sexting. is the ban going to help out? we all this and we go should these kids be labelled as felons and face child porn charges? most of us say no, but we want to craft laws that shield them

from them but they still get the punishment. what is the proper punishment for this? >> i have a couple of boys, one teen already and it's like man, we got to do something about them. to the girls out there, you're more valuable than your body and boys, there are guidelines we should follow, we shouldn't be looking and we shouldn't be secondsing them to all our friends when you do. >> we have the korean war, let's go to the moon, we have always done best when challenged. and we are in this together, i think the country is prepared for that kind of challenge and change. i think it's waiting to do this. >> the lion of the senate, the late senator ted kennedy in his

own words there, speaking on "larry king live" back in 2006. flags at the capitol, the white house and all federal are flying at half staff to honor the memory of the longtime senator. they're also lowered at the kennedy compound in massachusetts. the family held another funeral just -- less than two weeks ago for the sister of the senator, eunice kennedy shriver. those are live pictures right there. we'll tell you about other news today. considering the state's ban on gays and lesbians on adopting. the ruling in 2008, said the ban is unconstitutional. that challenges brought by martin gill. he and his partner have adroptd two brothers and began taking care of his foster parents in 2004. although state law pro hib tid homosexuals from adopting, did allow them to be foster parents. the judge ledge slated from the bench and says lawmakers should

be deciding whether gay people can adopt. most of our calls and e-mails today say ga couples should be able to adopt. de mitt tri, what do you think? >> caller: i think that gay and lesbians should be able to adopt. me and my girlfriend have raised our daughter. we raise her as any other couple would, to be a responsible woman in life. we don't raise her to be a lesbian. there's no reason, you know, we shouldn't be able to have and adopt children. we love, we care for them just as anybody else would. >> thank you for your phone caught. we appreciate your sharing your family story with us. jim says it appears to me hollywood has put gay and lesbians on more and more tv shows. it is the new black to be ga. april wrote this, i believe children need to feel loved and feel a sense of security.

i don't see how anyone's sexual preference is less capable of providing a child with both of these. god created us all, and from what i hear, he doesn't make mistakes.